Validity of automated audiometry for hearing examination in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT: Background: The objective of this study was to test the validity of automated audiometry as a method of hearing examination in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Method s: This was a cross-sectional comparative study with a retrospective approach, using patient medical records. Patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) were recruited based-on medical records that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria at the Pulmonology outpatient unit, then referred to the Otorhinolaryngology outpatient unit of the Dr. Soetomo Academic Medical Center. The subjects' hearing function was measured with two different devices (automated audiometer and conventional audiometer) before being given anti-tuberculosis drug therapy (aminoglycoside injection) as ototox

SUBMITTER: Purnami N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9468620 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature