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ArticleClinical rheumatology2017

Prevalence of hearing impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, Wegener's granulomatosis), or systemic lupus erythematosus.

Torsten Rahne, Franziska Clauß, Stefan K Plontke, Gernot Keyßer

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Hearing Function in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Scoping Review for Preventive Audiology Planning.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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  9. [Granulomatosis with polyangiitis with head and neck symptoms as the first clinical manifestation: clinical analysis of 28 cases].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2022
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  11. [Clinical characteristics and prognosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss with rheumatoid arthritis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2021
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  13. [Immune-mediated sensorineural hearing loss: prevalence and treatment strategies].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020
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  14. Hearing status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Torsten RahneDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany. Torsten.rahne@uk-halle.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1859-5623
Franziska ClaußDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Stefan K PlontkeDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Gernot KeyßerClinic for Internal Medicine II, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany.
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DEUniversity Hospital in Halle · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hearing loss in patients with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, Wegener's granulomatosis), or rheumatoid arthritis (RA), is controversial. Many studies lack measurements of bone-conduction thresholds to sufficiently differentiate between sensorineural hearing loss and conductive hearing loss. In addition, many studies lack control groups or comparisons to an age-related normal hearing threshold. This study investigates hearing performance with an extended audiological battery using psychoacoustic and objective measures. A total of 22 adults with RA, 16 with GPA, 20 with SLE, and two age- and gender-matched control groups (n = 34 for GPA and RA and n = 42 for SLE) were included. Pure-tone hearing thresholds, speech perception in quiet and noise, tympanometry, and high-resolution otoacoustic emissions were assessed. GPA patients exhibited impaired pure-tone hearing compared to the control group, whereas SLE and RA patients did not. In GPA patients, a larger air-bone gap indicated conductive hearing loss. In addition, speech perception was reduced exclusively in GPA patients. A significant correlation was found between hearing loss and both the cumulative steroid dose and number of organ manifestations in GPA and SLE patients. Our data indicate that GPA and SLE patients are at moderate-to-high risk of conductive hearing loss. In contrast, RA patients are at low risk of disease-associated hearing loss.

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AdultAgedArthritis, RheumatoidAudiometry, Pure-ToneAuditory ThresholdFemaleGranulomatosis with PolyangiitisHearing Loss, ConductiveHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedConductive hearing lossDistortion products of otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs)Granulomatosis with polyangiitisPure-tone thresholdRheumatoid arthritisSensorineural hearing lossSpeech perceptionSystemic lupus erythematosus

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PMID28455828
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