Assessment of Hearing Loss by Audiometry - Our Experience at Tertiary Care Hospital
| Autor: | Jawad Faisal Malik, Salman Aslam, Umair Ashfaq, Muhammad Arshad, Ahmed Hasan Ashfaq, Mehboob Khan Yazdani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College. 1:25-28 |
| ISSN: | 1683-3570 1683-3562 |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyze the results of pure tone audiometry in the terms of age, sex, and type of hearing loss attending the hospital with the complaint of hearing loss. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive study, patients attending Benazir Bhutto hospital with complaints of hearing loss were included. The data analysis was done under the terms of age, sex and unilateral/bilateral, and type of loss after pure tone audiometry of every case. The type of hearing loss was determined as conductive, SNHL, and mixed hearing loss.Results: There were 47 patients. Males were 34 (72.34%) outnumbering13females 13(27.66). Adults were44 (93.61%) and children were 3(6.34%). Mixed hearing loss was28 (59.57%)% compared to conductive hearing loss 15 (31.91) and SNHL4 (8.51%). Conclusion: Hearing loss is more common in adults and more prevalent in males. It is mostly bilateral. Mixed hearing loss is more common as compared to conductive and SNHL respectively. Sociacusis is to be taken seriously. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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