Hearing Improvement after Therapy for Hyperlipidemia in Patients with Chronic-Phase Sudden Deafness
| Autor: | Shigehiko Ito, Yoshimasa Kojima, Nobuhiko Furuya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Diet therapy Hearing loss medicine.medical_treatment Hyperlipidemias Audiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Hyperlipidemia otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Combined Modality Therapy 030223 otorhinolaryngology Diet Fat-Restricted Aged Hypolipidemic Agents Chemotherapy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Hearing Loss Sudden Middle Aged medicine.disease Cholesterol Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Hearing level Ear Inner 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Blood Circulation Chronic Disease Cardiology Audiometry Pure-Tone Female Pure tone audiometry Audiometry medicine.symptom business Medical Futility |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology. 110:105-108 |
| ISSN: | 1943-572X 0003-4894 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/000348940111000202 |
| Popis: | Hearing in patients with chronic-phase sudden deafness and associated hyperlipidemia tends to improve with therapy for hyperlipidemia. We studied 12 patients with unilateral sudden deafness and hyperlipidemia in whom more than 1 month had elapsed since the onset of the hearing disturbance. The disturbance was considered to be irreversible without therapy. The 4 men and 8 women ranged in age from 32 to 73 years, with a mean age of 54.3 years. The hearing disturbance was evaluated by measuring the air conduction thresholds at 125 to 8,000 Hz with pure tone audiometry. Hyperlipidemia was diagnosed when the total blood cholesterol level was 230 mg/dL or greater. The therapy for hyperlipidemia consisted of diet therapy and the administration of antilipemic agents. The hearing level was measured both before therapy and when the total blood cholesterol level had decreased to less than 230 mg/dL. After therapy, the mean hearing level had improved significantly (Wilcoxon's test, p |
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