Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.

We performed a study to determine if cerumen in the ear canal causes significant hearing loss and to ascertain if there is any correlation between the amount of cerumen and the degree of hearing loss. Our study was conducted on 109 ears in 80 patients. The results indicated that impacted cerumen doe...

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Main Authors: Subha, Sethu Thakachy, Raman, Rajagopalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mci Medquest Communications Inc 2006
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16596/
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description We performed a study to determine if cerumen in the ear canal causes significant hearing loss and to ascertain if there is any correlation between the amount of cerumen and the degree of hearing loss. Our study was conducted on 109 ears in 80 patients. The results indicated that impacted cerumen does cause a significant degree of conductive hearing loss. We found no significant correlation between the length of the cerumen plug and the severity of hearing loss. Nor did we find any significant correlation between the presence of impacted cerumen and variables such as age, sex, ethnicity, or affected side.
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spelling upm-165962013-05-14T07:53:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16596/ Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss. Subha, Sethu Thakachy Raman, Rajagopalan We performed a study to determine if cerumen in the ear canal causes significant hearing loss and to ascertain if there is any correlation between the amount of cerumen and the degree of hearing loss. Our study was conducted on 109 ears in 80 patients. The results indicated that impacted cerumen does cause a significant degree of conductive hearing loss. We found no significant correlation between the length of the cerumen plug and the severity of hearing loss. Nor did we find any significant correlation between the presence of impacted cerumen and variables such as age, sex, ethnicity, or affected side. Mci Medquest Communications Inc 2006-10 Article PeerReviewed Subha, Sethu Thakachy and Raman, Rajagopalan (2006) Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss. Ear Nose and Throat Journal , 85 (10). pp. 650-653. ISSN 0145-5613, ESSN: 1942-7522 Earwax. Ear Canal. English
spellingShingle Earwax.
Ear Canal.
Subha, Sethu Thakachy
Raman, Rajagopalan
Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title_full Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title_fullStr Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title_full_unstemmed Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title_short Role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
title_sort role of impacted cerumen in hearing loss.
topic Earwax.
Ear Canal.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/16596/