PURPOSE Previous studies have reported increased audiometric thresholds in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (XFS), compared with normative data. This study examines mean audiometric thresholds and tympanometric peak values in patients with XFS and in a control group. METHODS This is a prospective, nonrandomized control case study. Patients with XFS in one or both eyes constituted the ...

BACKGROUND Presbycusis is the most common sensory impairment associated with ageing and it presents with variability of symptoms. Physicians need to recognize early clinical and audiometric signs of presbycusis in order to render adequate and quality care to patients and reduce associated morbidities. OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical modes of presentation and the typical audiometric tra...

The purpose of the present investigation was to determine whether differences exist in audiometric hearing status between individuals with and without multiple sclerosis (MS) and between individuals with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and individuals with secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Forty-seven subjects with MS (26 with RRMS and 21 with SPMS) and forty-nine control subjects without MS compl...

BACKGROUND Construction workers are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) but often have no periodic audiometric testing. METHODS The participants were construction workers assessed for Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) at the Occupational Health Clinic, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario. Audiometry was offered and 169 of the 191 workers assessed for HAVS agreed to have the aud...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of chloroquine phosphate on cochlear function using clinical and audiometric studies when administered in regular doses and in the recommended regimens, for the treatment of malaria. Study design and setting: Prospective, cohort, observational study, with convenience sampling, in a tertiary care hospital. Methodology: All subjects proved or presumed to be suff...

Abstract Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) impacts quality-of-life, healthcare utilization and predicts dementia. If hearing loss is associated with SCD unknown. We estimated the cross-sectional association between in 2,536 participants (79.3±4.4 years, 60% female, 20% Black) Atherosclerosis Risk Communities Neurocognitive Study. was defined as self-reported persistent memory (yes/no) among ad...

Trends in the prevalence of hearing loss among US adults remain ambiguous because of variation across surveys in question wording and limited use of audiometric examinations. Pooling samples of participants aged 20-69 years in 4 nationally representative cross-sectional survey series conducted from 1976 to 2006 (N = 990,609), the authors performed logistic regression to quantify self-reporting ...