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Hearing loss is known to vary from place to place and country to country in both sexes with advancing age. There is scarcity of such information in India, and even no study is available from the Ghaziabad belt of North India. This prompted us to undertake a study on hearing impairment in the local population at Ghaziabad. It included three hundred persons, half of them were males and rest of the half were females. Selection of cases was done randomly. The age of the subjects ranged from 15 to 80 years, cases were divided into four groups. Only healthy subjects were selected for the study after thorough history taking and examination. Mild degree of hearing loss was observed in both men and women at middle and older age groups, percentage of males having hearing loss was more than women . Mean age ofhearing loss in women was 51.22 years and 51.55 years in men, but with advancing age further hearing loss in women takes less time than in men. With advancing age loss of hearing threshold is less in lower frequencies in men as compared to women whereas with advancing age loss of hearing threshold in higher frequencies is more in men than women , statistically the results were highly significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: A familial history of hypertension increases the risk of hypertension in the offsprings. Aims and objectives: The present study was undertaken to assess the underlying hypertension by using the Isometric Handgrip (IHG) exercise test in the offsprings of hypertensive parents and to compare it with age-matched controls of normotensive parents. Material and Methods: The isometric handgrip test was performed in the study and control groups. The resting blood pressure was recorded before exercise and afterwards the subjects were asked to perform the isometric handgrip exercise with the dominant hand for 2 minutes. Then the blood pressure was recorded in the sitting position during and 5 minutes after the completion of the exercise. Statistical Analysis: The analysis of the results was done by ANOVA with SPSS, version 17.0, by using the unpaired 't' test. Results: The results showed that the Resting Systolic (SBP), Diastolic (DBP) and the Mean (MBP) Blood Pressures were higher (p <0.001) in the offsprings of the hypertensive parents as compared to those in the control subjects of normotensive parents. During the isometric handgrip exercise test, the rise in the systolic, diastolic and the mean blood pressures was significantly higher (p<0.001) in the offsprings of the hypertensive parents. After 5 minutes of exercise, the SBP, DBP and the MBP were found to be significantly higher (p<0.001) in the study group as compared to those in the control group. Conclusions: An early and a regular screening of the children of hypertensive parents is necessary to prevent any future cardiovascular complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to study the effect of isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise training on resting blood pressure in normal healthy volunteers. Materials and Methods: Hand grip spring dynamometer was used for IHG exercise training. A total of 30 normal healthy volunteers in the age group of 20-40 y were enrolled for the study. Exercise training protocol consisted of five 3-min bouts of IHG exercise at 30% of maximum voluntary contraction separated by 5 min rest periods. Exercise was performed 3 times/wk for 10 wk. Subject's blood pressure was measured before and after exercise. Result: There was a significant reduction in resting blood pressure following 10 wk of exercise training. Both Systolic and Diastolic blood pressure reduced significantly (p<0.001). Conclusion: IHG exercise training might be a simple, effective, inexpensive and non-pharmacological method in lowering blood Dressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]