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The high-pitch notched audiogram: a cohort of patients without causative noise-induced hearing loss.
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Journal of Laryngology & Otology . Nov2023, Vol. 137 Issue 11, p1264-1266. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: One still encounters opinion that hearing loss with high-pitch notched audiogram is invariably due to noise-induced hearing loss. This paper tests this misapprehension. Methods: A study was conducted of patients identified in a prospective manner with notched audiograms but no history of noise exposure occurring in an otolaryngological practice over a 20-year period. Results: A cohort of 26 hearing loss patients, in whom notched audiograms were not associated with historical evidence of noise exposure, was documented. Conclusion: The findings confirm that a notched audiogram is not pathognomonic of noise-induced hearing loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NOISE
*AUDIOMETRY
*NOISE-induced deafness
*DIAGNOSTIC errors
*LONGITUDINAL method
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00222151
- Volume :
- 137
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Laryngology & Otology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173459377
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215123000774