Affiliation:
1. Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka
2. Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka
3. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka
4. Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, Karnataka
Abstract
Hearing impairment commonly involves dysfunction of the inner ear or auditory nerve, a condition known
as sensorineural Hearing loss (SNHL). A longitudinal observational study of 38 stroke patients was
conducted at a tertiary care hospital for a period of 6 months to know the proportion of sensorineural hearing loss in stroke
patients and also the progression of hearing loss during the recovery period of stroke. Clinical & audiological evaluation was
done for all patients and they underwent pure tone audiometry at serial intervals of 1st, 2nd and 3rd month from the date of
diagnosis of stroke. The proportion of sensorineural hearing loss in stroke patients was found to be 60%. On comparison of serial
pure tone audiometry readings, it was observed that hearing loss improved signicantly during the recovery period of stroke.
This study concluded that high proportion of sensorineural hearing loss in stroke patients indicates the importance of screening
for hearing loss to improve the rehabilitation as well as quality of life post stroke.
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