Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Non-depressed Essential Tremor Cases and Controls: A Clinical and Audiometric Study

Patients with essential tremor (ET) have an increased prevalence of hearing loss, and depression is a confounding issue for both conditions. We assessed hearing loss in non-depressed ET patients and controls using a questionnaire and audiometric tests. The study included 34 patients with ET and 45 v...

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Published in:Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2015-01, Vol.5, p.281-281
Main Authors: Yilmaz, Nesrin Helvaci, Akbostanci, Muhittin Cenk, Yılmaz, Nurhan
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Language:English
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Summary:Patients with essential tremor (ET) have an increased prevalence of hearing loss, and depression is a confounding issue for both conditions. We assessed hearing loss in non-depressed ET patients and controls using a questionnaire and audiometric tests. The study included 34 patients with ET and 45 volunteers were included. Both groups were asked if they had hearing loss, and pure tone audiometry, speech recognition threshold, tympanogram, short increment sensitivity index (SISI), tone decay, and otoacoustic emission audiological tests were conducted. Seventeen subjects (50.0%) in the patient group answered "yes" to the question "Do you have hearing loss?" compared to one (2.2%) subject in the control group (p
ISSN:2160-8288
2160-8288
DOI:10.7916/D8XW4HKQ