The use of distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) records to estimate effect of vitamin B complex on changing severity of tinnitus.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients that are complaining from tinnitus but have normal hearing comprise an uncommon group and there is rare literature about them. Deficiency in B-complex vitamins has been shown to result in tinnitus and supplementation may improve the symptom which means manipulation of cochlear status. Distortion Product Otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) used frequently to assess cochlear status.

Objectives

The uses of DPOAE changing amplitude as a parameter to estimate effect of vitamin B complex on changing the severity of tinnitus in patients with tinnitus only in comparison to patients have tinnitus with Sensory Neural Hearing Loss (SNHL) and a control group.

Methods

Prospective observational cohort study was performed in AL-Karama Teaching Hospital as a secondar

SUBMITTER: Hameed HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6260231 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature