Hearing impairment after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) survivors experience significant neurological disability, some of which is under-recognized by neurovascular clinical teams. We set out to objectively determine the occurrence of hearing impairment after SAH, characterize its peripheral and/or central origin, and investigate likely pathological correlates.

Methods

In a case-control study (n = 41), participants were asked about new onset hearing difficulty 3 months post-SAH, compared with pre-SAH. Formal audiological assessment included otoscopy, pure tone audiometry, a questionnaire identifying symptoms of peripheral hearing loss and/or auditory processing disorder, and a test of speech understanding in noise. A separate cohort (n = 21) underwent quantitative susceptibil

SUBMITTER: Campbell N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6414479 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature