Incidence of Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media | ||
| IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE | ||
| Article 1, Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 48-52 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nasir U Hassen; Rafat H Majeed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Sensorineural hearing loss is a common sequel of chronic suppurative otitis media and the round window membrane is currently being considered as a major route for noxious agent to pass from the middle ear cavity to the cochlea. Objective: To evaluate the incidence and severity of sensorineural hearing loss in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media. Methods: Prospective study on 93 patients from January 2010 to December 2014 in the AL-Karama Teaching Hospital.The patients were complaining of unilateral chronic suppurative otitis media they were grouped according to the pathology to active, inactive mucosal disease and active, inactive squamous epithelial chronic otitis media, based on clinical otoscopical examination. Audiological studies were done in Specialized Surgery Hospital/ Science Center of Otorhinolaryngology Hearing and Speech Unit. Result: Forty-four percent of the patients with unilatral chronic suppurative otitis media had some loss of cochlear function. The range of difference between diseased and uninvolved ears was wider at the higher frequencies and related to the activity and duration of the disease. Conclusion: Chronic suppurative otitis media may associated with mixed rather than purely conductive hearing loss. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sensorineural hearing loss; chronic suppurative otitis media | ||
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