FREQUENCY OF OTORRHEA IN CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA AND SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS: ARE THEY RELATED?

Dr. K Satish Kumar; Ms. Neeshma V

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

FREQUENCY OF OTORRHEA IN CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA AND SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS: ARE THEY RELATED?

Dr. K Satish Kumar, Ms. Neeshma V

Abstract :

He� loss and otorrhea are common presenting complaints of CSOM. Otorrhea is a source of great discomfort to the patient. This otorrhea is episodic and presents during the active stage of the disease and disappears once the infection subsides. Many studies have reported presence of SNHL in patients with CSOM. We undertook this study to find out whether CSOM can cause significant SNHL and whether the frequency of otorrhea is related to the degree of SNHL. A total of 48 patients were evaluated. The frequency of otorrhea in these patients was noted. Bone conduction threshold for both ears at 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz were recorded. We found a statistically significant correlation between frequency of otorrhea and sensorineural he� loss with Pearson correlation value of 0.663. It is observed that there is a statistically significant difference in bone conduction thresholds between diseased ear and normal ear in all the tested frequencies.