Distribution of Audiometric Findings in Patients with Presbycusis

Mozafar Sarafraz¹, Nader Saki^1*,Soheila Nikakhlagh¹, Mahyar Maleki², Reza Shikhpour Jonaky³

¹Associated professor of otolaryngology, Head and neck surgery, Hearing and Speech Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran ²Resident of otolaryngology, Head and neck surgery, Hearing and Speech Research Centre, Ahvaz ³General Physcian, Cancer Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to determine the audiometric pattern of patients suffering from presbycusis. Moreover, we tried to give an overview of affected patients in regard to age, gender, and concomitant diseases. In this prospective descriptive study we investigate the audiometric patterns of presbycusis patients older than 60 years attending the otolarygology clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Ahvaz, Iran. Moreover, a questionnaire about past medical history of all participants in regard to ear and hearing disorders and risk factors were obtained. A screening tympanogram and otoscopic evaluation were performed by an otolaryglogist before the enrolling the subject to the study. Our findings showed that the sensory pattern is the most frequent kind of presbycusis (64.29%), followed by neural, conductive, metabolic and sensory-neural with a frequency of 16.25%, 9.54%, 2.68% and 7.16% respectively. Tinnitus was detected is over 60 percent of participants. Presbycusis did not have significantly higher rates in smokers or patients with positive history of hypertension ( P=0.245, P=0.249). In this study the most frequent audiometric pattern was sensory and there was no significant difference between presbycusis and smoking or hyprtention.

Keywords: Audiometry; Presbycusis; Age-Related Hearing Loss; Elderly

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