ArticleJournal of otology2021
Bell's palsy workup: Does audiometry add value?
Article in Journal of otology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate if routine audiometry in Bell's palsy patients has prognostic value.
methodsRetrospective case review was conducted on all Bell's palsy patients (n=191) seen at the tertiary otolaryngology specialist outpatient clinic from 2015 to 2017. Correlation of ipsilesional audiometric thresholds with patients' time-to-recovery and initial clinical severity (measured by House-Brackmann (HB) scoring) were used for the prognostic outcome measure. Audiometry results were analyzed using three contiguous frequency pure-tone average (1kHz, 2kHz, 4kHz). Statistical analysis was done via Stata (v13.1), significance tests were 2-sided at 5% significance level.
resultsThere was no significant difference between audiometric thresholds between the ipsilesional ear and the contralateral ear (p=0.87). Time-to-recovery was significantly longer for patients with severe initial presentation as compared to mild and moderate severity (p<0.01). There was no correlation found between the audiometry results and HB score at presentation (p=0.39). There was no correlation found between ipsilesional audiometric thresholds and time-to-recovery (p=0.58).
conclusionOur study suggests that routine audiometry has limited prognostic value in Bell's palsy patients.
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