RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS' PREVALENCE AND FORMS OF HEARING LOSS: AN ANALYSIS OF CORRELATIONS WITH AGE, GENDER, AND LENGTH OF DISEASE

Authors

  • Dr. Krithi Kalyan Gangisetti Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56802/s081p540

Keywords:

Conductive hearing loss, hearing loss, pure-tone audiometry, rheumatoid arthritis, sensorineural hearing loss

Abstract

Background: One multisystem ailment with an uncertain cause is rheumatoid arthritis, a persistent polyarthritic

syndrome. Between 60 and 62 percent of people with rheumatoid arthritis have hearing loss, with conductive hearing loss

(CHL) being more frequent than sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).

Aim: The purpose of the current study was to determine the forms and prevalence of hearing loss in rheumatoid arthritis

patients as well as its relationships to age, gender, and length of disease.

Methods: Fifty individuals with rheumatoid arthritis were evaluated in this study and compared to fifty controls who did

not have the disease. Following a thorough clinical examination of every participant in both groups, an audiological

evaluation comprising tympanometry, acoustic reflex, and PTA (pure tone audiometry) was conducted.

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Published

23-07-2023

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 7 (2023): Volume 14 Issue 7 2023

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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS’ PREVALENCE AND FORMS OF HEARING LOSS: AN ANALYSIS OF CORRELATIONS WITH AGE, GENDER, AND LENGTH OF DISEASE. (2023). International Research Journal of Pharmacy, 14(7), 40-43. https://doi.org/10.56802/s081p540