Re: Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat vision and hearing loss in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
Dear Editor,
With your permission, we would just like to add two important points that were left out in our earlier post to you on this subject of restoring hearing in age-related hearing loss by non-invasive techniques, and without the need for amplification perhaps [1].
(a) This technique could allow an aged to start hearing again, provided he or she does not suffer from ‘central presbycusis’, and that he or she has no other organic cause and the hearing loss was purely age-related hearing loss. Maybe not everyone may benefit, but there could be a miraculous return of hearing in at least some of the affected persons. Much more further research would be necessary, as we had already pointed out earlier [1].
(b) During the conference, we had named this technique as “DR. S. ARULRHAJ TECHNIQUE” for reversal of age-related hearing loss, without any need of amplification, internally or externally. We would like this technique to be named after him. He has been a teacher to us, and as a mark of our respect and honour to our teacher, we want to address this technique by his name.
Best regards.
Dr (Lt Col) Rajesh Chauhan
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Parihar
Dr. Shruti Chauhan
Shivendra Pratap Singh Chauhan
REFERENCE :
1. Chauhan R, Parihar AKS, Chauhan S, Chauhan SPS. Age related hearing loss or presbyacusis: are we prepared to listen and think differently for a tenable solution? BMJ 20 April 2013. http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e615/rr/641987 (Accessed on 25 May 2013)
Competing interests:
This technique was presented before an august gathering of doctors in September 2012 at Chennai, INDIA, during the III International Congress of Family Medicine. The name that this technique carries, "Dr. S. Arulrhaj Technique for restoration of age-related hearing loss by non-invasive techniques", was announced during that conference.
25 May 2013
Dr (Lt Col) Rajesh Chauhan
Consultant Family Medicine
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Parihar; Dr. Shruti Chauhan; Shivendra Pratap Singh Chauhan.
Fa,ily Healthcare Centre, 154 Sector 6-B, Awas Vikas Colony, Sikandra, AGRA -282007. INDIA.
154 Sector 6-B, Awas Vikas Colony, Sikandra, AGRA -282007. INDIA.
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Re: Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat vision and hearing loss in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia: mathematical modelling study
Dear Editor,
With your permission, we would just like to add two important points that were left out in our earlier post to you on this subject of restoring hearing in age-related hearing loss by non-invasive techniques, and without the need for amplification perhaps [1].
(a) This technique could allow an aged to start hearing again, provided he or she does not suffer from ‘central presbycusis’, and that he or she has no other organic cause and the hearing loss was purely age-related hearing loss. Maybe not everyone may benefit, but there could be a miraculous return of hearing in at least some of the affected persons. Much more further research would be necessary, as we had already pointed out earlier [1].
(b) During the conference, we had named this technique as “DR. S. ARULRHAJ TECHNIQUE” for reversal of age-related hearing loss, without any need of amplification, internally or externally. We would like this technique to be named after him. He has been a teacher to us, and as a mark of our respect and honour to our teacher, we want to address this technique by his name.
Best regards.
Dr (Lt Col) Rajesh Chauhan
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh Parihar
Dr. Shruti Chauhan
Shivendra Pratap Singh Chauhan
REFERENCE :
1. Chauhan R, Parihar AKS, Chauhan S, Chauhan SPS. Age related hearing loss or presbyacusis: are we prepared to listen and think differently for a tenable solution? BMJ 20 April 2013. http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e615/rr/641987 (Accessed on 25 May 2013)
Competing interests: This technique was presented before an august gathering of doctors in September 2012 at Chennai, INDIA, during the III International Congress of Family Medicine. The name that this technique carries, "Dr. S. Arulrhaj Technique for restoration of age-related hearing loss by non-invasive techniques", was announced during that conference.