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Hearing Loss

Findings from Abant Izzet Baysal University, Medical Department advance knowledge in hearing loss

Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, May 26th, 2010

In this recently published article, scientists in Turkey conducted a study "To assess cochlear involvement and hearing loss in patients with Behcet's disease (BD). Forty-two patients with BD and 24 sex and age matched healthy subjects were included in the study. pure-tone audiometry including high frequencies (250-16000 Hz) and DPOAE were performed to all participants."

"Results of the audiological evaluation were compared and correlation between the audiologic status and clinical manifestations of the BD were investigated. Bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was detected in 27 (64.3%) patients. Hearing thresholds were found to be higher in patients with BD at all of...

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