Evaluation of middle ear and hearing status of ankylosing spondylitis patients with wideband tympanometry and pure tone audiometry tests.

Ersoy Doğan Melih Arif Közen Serpil Mungan Durankaya Gökce Kenar Ahmet Merih Birlik

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2022)

To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the effects of AS patients on the middle ear function with WBT and to report middle ear absorbance values and resonance frequency changes in AS patients. The higher resonance frequency values found by WBT in AS patients may be due to the stiffness that develops as a result of middle ear involvement. According to pure tone and high-frequency audiometry findings, it has been seen that AS leads to SNHL especially at low frequencies.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
high frequency
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ankylosing spondylitis
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported
quantum dots