Audiometric Findings in Patients with Subjective Tinnitus

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external source. Most cases of tinnitus are associated with hearing loss expressed either in the audiogram or detected by more sensitive measures. The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence, type, and degree of hearing loss...

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Published in:Hrvatska revija za rehabilitacijska istraživanja 2016-01, Vol.52 (1), p.42-50
Main Authors: Ristovska, Lidija, Jechova, Zora, Filipovski, Rade
Format: Article
Language:English
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Health and medicine and law
Tinnitus
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Summary:Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of an external source. Most cases of tinnitus are associated with hearing loss expressed either in the audiogram or detected by more sensitive measures. The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence, type, and degree of hearing loss in patients with subjective tinnitus and to analyze the quality features and some tinnitus characteristics related to associated hearing loss. We analyzed audiometric, otoscopic findings, and the medical reports of 1,046 patients, 573 males (54.8%) and 473 females (45.2%), aged 19 to 89 years. The patients were examined at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, City General Hospital “8-September”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, during the period from January 2014 to October 2015. For statistical data analysis, we used a chi-square test with a signifi cance level of p
ISSN:1331-3010
1848-7734
DOI:10.31299/hrri.52.1.4