چکیده مقاله
Introduction:Tinnitus include all the sounds perceived by the patient, without any external stimulus that affects all aspects of life, there is no cure for most patients Given that tinnitus and hearing of the ear are common complaints of patients in clinics and due to the impossibility of cure at the present time it is necessary to set up common causes of tinnitus to solve social problems and the optimal solution is presented The purpose of this study was to determine the causes of tinnitus in patients referred to ENT Clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Urmia, 2012 2013 Materials and Methods:This is a cross sectional analytic study that was performed on 184 patients with tinnitus referred to ENT clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia After examination, audiometry performed and questionnaires of tinnitus patients were completed The results were analyzed by statistical spss software Results:The study included 111 men and 73 women, mean age was 50 6 years 168 patients 91 3% had non pulsatile tinnitus and the rest had pulsatile tinnitus Average hearing loss in dB patients 31 4, 79 9% were of sensory neurons kind, and 12 5% of patients did not show any hearing loss in audiometry In total, 90 2% of the cases did we detect; most causes of tinnitus were noise 19 6% , ototoxicity 16 8% and presbycusis 16 3% The most common causes of tinnitus were noise with 31 5% in men and ototoxicity with 27 4% in women Between age and hearing loss of patients, there was a significant relationship 0 001> P value , but there was no significant relationship between gender and degree of hearing loss Discussion:The most common cause of tinnitus NIHL is quite predictable, except by accident, you can completely avoid by reducing noise levels on the source and ear protection By reasonable prescription of ototoxic medications particularly antibiotics can reduce the prevalence of tinnitus that causes sleep disorders and concentration problems, depression and anxiety and help the public health
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نویسندگان
Reza Samarei
Associate Professor, Urmia University of Medical Science, Urmia,Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Samarei, Reza,1401,Causes of tinnitus in patients referred to ENT clinic,10th International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion
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