Ricerc@Sapienza

Purpose: The objective of the study was to identify subjects presenting hearing deficits, specifically age-related hearing losses (ARHL), via objective assessment methodologies. Materials and Methods: Initially, 259 subjects (165 men, 94 women) were enrolled in the study. After the application of inclusion criteria, the final number was reduced to 88 subjects (49.8 ± 19.1 ys) subdivided into 64 normal and 83 ARHL cases. The subjects were assessed with traditional audiometry tests and with transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs).

In his Quaestiones iatrophilologicae (1632-1639), Gabriel Naudé proposes five different question, but the central topic is the relationship between life and death, tackled in a materialistic and areligious perspective. Naudé deals with the subject of suicide and euthanasia in the context of a reflection on the end of life and determinism, analysed in the last question. Suicide and good death are presented as paradigmatic examples of free choice that nullify any belief in a predetermined fate