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An Epidemiological Study of Hearing Loss in a Peripheral Tertiary Care Hospital

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The estimated prevalence of adult onset hearing deafness in India is 7.6% and childhood onset hearing loss is 2%. But there are very few studies which highlight the prevalence of various types of hearing loss. So a retrospective, cross-sectional study in a peripheral tertiary care hospital was designed to analyze the different types of hearing loss among patients with complaints of hearing disabilities attending and assess the more prevalent type of hearing loss according to severity. Out of total study population of 14,365 patients, Male patients with Mild hearing loss have the maximum correlation coefficient followed by Moderate, Moderately severe, Profound and Severe hearing loss. In the case of female patients Mild Hearing loss has the maximum correlation coefficient. Result of this study may be helpful in planning and management of different programs related to hearing disability prevention. As most of the hearing loss is mild variety and it slowly progress to other form of severe hearing loss, early intervention is very helpful in reducing the severity thus disability.

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  1. Department of ENT, Deben Mahata Government Medical College and Hospital, Purulia, West Bengal, 723147, India

    Amit Bikram Maiti, Saikat Samaddar & Bubay Mondal

  2. Department of ENT, Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal, India

    Sabyasachi Ghosh

  3. Department of Fishery Economics and Statistics& Co-Principal Investigator, AINP Mariculture Faculty of Fishery Sciences, WBUAFS, Kolkata, 700094, India

    Somen Sahu

  4. Deben Mahato Government Medical College & Hospital, Purulia, West Bengal, India

    Debasis Modak

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Maiti, A.B., Samaddar, S., Ghosh, S. et al. An Epidemiological Study of Hearing Loss in a Peripheral Tertiary Care Hospital. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 3), 4264–4269 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02934-w

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