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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2023

Evaluation of middle ear and hearing status of ankylosing spondylitis patients with wideband tympanometry and pure tone audiometry tests.

Ersoy Doğan, Melih Arif Közen, Serpil Mungan Durankaya, Gökçe Kenar, Ahmet Merih Birlik

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2023. 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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Ersoy DoğanDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, 35320, Balcova-Izmir, Turkey. ersoy.dogan@deu.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0539-4232
Melih Arif KözenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, 35320, Balcova-Izmir, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-1602
Serpil Mungan DurankayaDepartment of Audiometry, Vocational School of Health Services, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4236-434X
Gökçe KenarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0485-1369
Ahmet Merih BirlikDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5118-9307
Dokuz Eylül University · TR

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objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the middle and inner ear function and hearing status of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients.

methodsOne hundred twenty-four ears of 62 patients with AS and 90 ears (control group) of 45 healthy subjects were included in the study. The hearing levels of the participants were assessed with pure tone and high-frequency audiometry at the octave frequency between 250 and 16,000 Hz. The absorbance rates and resonance frequencies of middle ear were measured with the wideband tympanometry (WBT) test. AS group was divided into subgroups based on the disease activity, duration of follow-up, medications used for AS, and the subgroups were compared according to hearing status and absorbance and resonance frequencies of middle ears.

resultsA statistically significant difference was found between the AS and control groups in terms of air and bone conduction thresholds at frequencies of 250, 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz and the mean PTA

conclusionTo our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the effects of AS patients on the middle ear function with WBT and to report middle ear absorbance values and resonance frequency changes in AS patients. The higher resonance frequency values found by WBT in AS patients may be due to the stiffness that develops as a result of middle ear involvement. According to pure tone and high-frequency audiometry findings, it has been seen that AS leads to SNHL especially at low frequencies.

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Acoustic Impedance TestsSpondylitis, AnkylosingAudiometry, Pure-ToneEar, MiddleHearingHumansAbsorbanceAnkylosing spondylitisResonance frequencySensorineural hearing lossWideband tympanometry

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