Open AccessSENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS IN CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL DESCRIPTIVE STUDY AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
Sajid Ali,
Muhammad Junaid,
Arif Raza Khan,
Aftab Ahmad Khan,
Naik Muhammad,
Adeel Khan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1997-3446
pISSN - 1997-3438
DOI - 10.52764/jms.20.28.4.12
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic suppurative otitis media , sensorineural hearing loss , incidence (geometry) , hearing loss , cross sectional study , audiology , tertiary care , otitis , ototoxicity , pure tone audiometry , surgery , audiometry , pathology , physics , cisplatin , chemotherapy , optics
OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of sensorineural hearing loss in chronic suppurative otitis media.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross sectional descriptive study was done at department of ENT-B, Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Peshawar, from March 2016 to September 2016. In this study a total of 174 patients were observed by using 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error with expected frequency of sensorineural hearing loss 13% among cases with chronic suppurative otitis media with the help of WHO formula for sample size determination. More over consecutive (non-probability) sampling technique was used for sample collection.
RESULTS: In this study mean age was 26 years with standard deviation ± 11.62. Forty five percent patients were male while 55% patients were female. More over the incidence of sensorineural hearing loss was found to be 18% in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media.
CONCLUSION: The incidence of sensorineural hearing loss was found to be 18% in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media.
KEY WORDS: Bacteriology, antibiotic sensitivity, chronic suppurative otitis media, sensory neural hearing loss