Study of Association of Sensory Neural Hearing Loss with Iron Deficiency Anaemia.

ABSTRACT: Hearing loss is an ignored community health problem. Along with various mental and motor developmental impairments, iron deficiency anemia (IDA) may cause hearing abnormalities. Study aimed to correlate the Sensorineural hearing loss with iron deficiency anemia in adults. This case control study conducted. Total of 200 participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in present study and grouped into group 1 as cases and group 2 as controls. The participants included in present study after obtaining the consent and evaluated for the iron profile, PTA, OAE for sensory neural hearing loss. They were followed up for 3 months and 6 months. The mean age of case was 41.9 ± 10.77 and there was female preponderance in present study with 120 female and 80 males. Among 100 participants w

SUBMITTER: Grampurohit A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9895360 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature