| Title |
Sensorineural hearing loss in patients with chronic otitis media
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|---|---|
| Published in |
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, July 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00405-008-0739-0 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sady Selaimen da Costa, Letícia Petersen Schmidt Rosito, Cristina Dornelles |
| Abstract |
Chronic otitis media is generally associated with some degree of hearing loss, which is often the patient's chief complaint. This hearing loss is usually conductive, resulting from tympanic membrane rupture and/or changes in the ossicular chain due to fixation or erosion caused by the chronic inflammatory process. When cholesteatoma or granulation tissue is present in the middle ear cleft, the degree of ossicular destruction is even greater. An issue that has recently gained attention is additional sensorineural hearing loss due to chronic otitis media. While the conductive loss can be minimized through surgery, sensorineural hearing loss constitutes a permanent after effect, attenuated only through the use of a hearing aid. However, a few groups have reported a decrease in sensorineural function in these patients as well. This survey study performed at a referral center evaluates the occurrence of sensorineural hearing loss in ambulatory patients with this disease. We reviewed the files of patients with unilateral chronic otitis media. One hundred and fifty patients met the inclusion criteria: normal otoscopy and normal hearing in the contralateral ear. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 112 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 13% |
| Other | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 28 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 45% |
| Psychology | 7 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Engineering | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 30 | 27% |
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