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Abstract

PREVALENCE OF DEAFNESS AMONG PATIENTS 40 YEARS AND OLDER ATTENDING EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CONSULTATION CLINICS IN MOSUL CITY

*Dr. Mays Shakir Mahmood, Dr. Rakan A. Hamid and Dr. Marwan F. Buraa

ABSTRACT

Background: Hearing loss is a decreased ability of hearing thresholds of 26 db. or worse. Hearing impairment is one of the major disability in community, related to serious communication and psychosocial problem. Patients with suspected hearing loss should undergo in-out patient ear examination for cerumen impaction, exostoses, and other abnormalities of the external canal and tympanic membrane then hearing tests such as the tuning fork test or audiometry. Anatomical ear divided into three parts; external ear, middle ear and inner ear, each has its function Hearing loss has many risk factors like aging(one of the most significant), smoking, hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, noise exposure, diabetes mellitus, ototoxic medications, genetic, chronic ear infection, trauma to head and ear, chronic kidney disease and autoimmune disease. There are three types of hearing loss: conductive hearing loss, sensorineuronal hearing loss and mixed type hearing loss Aim: The aim of the study is to calculate the prevalence of deafness among patients 40 years and older attending ear, nose and throat consultation clinics in Mosul city. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was been chosen. The study was conducted during 6 months from the1st of January to the 30th of June 2023, in ear, nose and throat consultations in AL-Salam Teaching Hospital and AL-Jamhorii Teaching Hospital. The total number of the patient were 450. Results: The overall prevalence of hearing loss in this study sample is( 27.9%). On other hand we found that hearing loss increased with age as we see from this study that patients with 60 years and older(41.1%) are more prevalent with hearing loss than younger patients (40-59 years) and we found that sensorineuronal hearing loss(37.8%) are more common than other types. also in this study we found that. Conclusion: In this study we found that prevalence of haring loss among the study population is about one quarter of the study population and most of them has mild sensorineuronal hearing loss and more common in urban area.

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