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Sensorineural Hearing Loss Associated with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 214-221 | ||
| Author | ||
| Kassim R. Dekhil | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Chronic otitis media is a major global cause of hearing impairment & this may have serious long-term effects on language, auditory & cognitive development, & educational progress. Objective: To study the sensorineural hearing loss (receptive hearing loss) associated with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM). Methods: 96 patients were clinically diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) consulting us in Diwaniyah teaching hospital & my private clinic between September 2006 & April 2009. 66 cases of the total number were unilateral while the bilateral cases were 30. Audiological assessments were done for all cases. Results: The results showed a significant relationship between CSOM & SNHL mainly at high frequencies, & it had been found that the longer duration at time of diagnosis the more percentage affected & cases of CSOM associated with cholesteatomas were more affected by SNHL & the frequency 8000Hz was the most affected one. Conclusions: The presence of SNHL with CSOM may be explained by the presence of pus, local or systemic treatment or may be due to labyrinthitis during the course of the disease; therefore, more attention should be paid in the treatment of CSOM. | ||
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