| Autor: |
Khatri, Vijay Kumar, Siddiqui, Atif Hafeez, Ur Rahim, Danish, Shaikh, Irfan Ahmed, Shakil, Saad, Khan, Muhammad Moiz Ullah |
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Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital & Karachi Medical & Dental College; Mar2021, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p245-250, 6p |
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Objective: To determine the frequency of sensorineural hearing loss in patients presenting with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media. Methods: A total of 121 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and visited to ENT Department of Civil Hospital, Karachi were included in the study. Informed consent was taken after explaining the procedure, risks and benefits of the study. Bone conduction thresholds were measured at frequencies (500, 1000, 2000, 4000 H2) utilizing diagnostic audiometer model TA 155. Air conduction and bone conduction thresholds >30 decibel and no air-bone gap was considered as SNHL. The opposite ear was masked while obtaining bone conduction results. All the collected data was entered into the proforma. Results: Mean ± SD of age was 35.48 ± 7.24 years. Mean ± SD of bone conduction was 29.42 ± 4.28 db. Out of 121 patients 85 (70.24%) were male and 36 (29.76%) were female. Sensorineural hearing loss was noted in 20 (16.52%) patients. SNHL is found to be associated with age, gender, duration of symptoms and level of bone conduction with p <0.05. Conclusion: It is concluded that CSOM is associated with SNHL. Aging can act as a precipitating factor in this pathological process. It is therefore recommended that all ENT surgeons should implement early medical and surgical management of any form of CSOM to prevent SNHL which is irreversible in most of the patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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