Journal of Phonetics & Audiology
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Department of Audiology and Rheumatology & Rehabilitation, Al-Azhar Faculty of Medicine, Damietta, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Hearing Impairment in Patients with Systemic Lupus; Correlation with Duration and Severity of the Disease
  Author(s): Soliman S Ghanem* and Saad M Alzokm
  
  Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) type, duration, severity as well as prevalence on hearing loss on SLE patients. Patients and Methods This study was conducted 98 SLE patients; 16 males and 82 females, and 20 healthy subjects; 5 males and 15 females served as controls. Pure tone audiometry (PTA), air and bone conduction threshold were done for all volunteers. Results PTA and air conduction threshold showed significant decrease in SLE group than controls (P <0.05), while bone conduction threshold shown significant increase in SLE group than controls (P <0.05). It was observed also that there is a significant relation between SLE severity and duration with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Conclusio.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2471-9455.23.9.221

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