... Abstract Hearing amplification technology has been evolving since the 19th century. Currently in most audiology departments, the mainstay of hearing rehabilitation is performed with conventional air and bone conduction aids. These are cost-effective, non-invasive hearing aids...

..., assessment, and monitoring. For approximal surfaces that are not directly visible, bitewing radiography is still the standard in detecting caries lesions. The use of artificial intelligence has become the most recent technological aid for the detection of caries lesions on bitewing radiographs and clinical...

.... HIV-exposed but uninfected children now comprise the majority of HIV-affected children, and manifest clinical consequences of in utero and postnatal HIV and/or ART exposure, including growth failure. Introduction Practices and strategies in the prevention and treatment of pediatric HIV/AIDS...

... Abstract Persons surviving to older ages with HIV/AIDS often face an accelerated aging accompanied by increased comorbidity and decline in health and function. In this chapter, we review the process of disablement among persons aging with HIV/AIDS, from chronic conditions to impairments...

... sufficient scientific evidence regarding their efficacy in enhancing physical performance as well as their specificity of action and safety. For this reason, sport nutrition professionals need skills in evaluating the scientific value of papers and advertisements on ergogenic aids and supplements in order...

... HIV AIDS Nutrition Breastfeeding Complementary feeding Malnutrition Micronutrients Antiretroviral therapy Key Messages • HIV infection has greater nutritional consequences for children than for adults, mainly because children have the additional nutritional demands of growth...

... HIV AIDS Nutritional management Nutritional assessment Wasting Nutrients Key Messages • Nutritional support is one of the most immediate and critical needs of people living with HIV and AIDS, and nutritional management is integral to the care and management of the disease...

...-related chronic liver disease could enhance the hepatotoxicity of some antiretroviral agents. Conversely, some studies have suggested a detrimental influence of HCV infection on the progression to a new AIDS-defining illness or death in HIV patients [ 5 ], although other studies have not reproduced...

... Abstract During the last 20 years, bone-anchored hearing aids (Baha ® ) became a familiar solution in the treatment of some types of hearing loss. The aim of this chapter is to present the different historical steps which have permitted the production of this new bone conduction hearing device...

... Abstract Introduction: Patients with air-bone gaps who cannot be corrected successfully by tympanoplasty or with mixed hearing loss may be treated with bone conduction hearing aids. Their disadvantages are the obvious external fixation components or the biological and psychosocial problems...