Clinical Study
Clinical Significance of Auditive Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case-Control Study
Table 2
Audiological results.
| | | | Cases 45
(%) | Controls 45
(%) | value |
| | Age (years) of patients with hypoacousia Mean ± SD | | | | | .02 |
| | Audiometry | Normal | 19 (42.2) | 33 (73.3) | .008 | | Bilateral alteration | 18 (40) | 10 (22.2) | | Unilateral alteration | 8 (17.8) | 2 (4.4) |
| | Audiometric alteration | Right ear | 21 (46.7) | 12 (26.6) | .049 | | Left ear | 23 (51.1) | 10 (22.2) | .004 |
| | Bone conduction | Sensory hypoacousia | Right ear | 19 (42.2) | 12 (26.6) | >.05 | | Left ear | 22 (48.8) | 10 (22.2) | >.05 | | Conductive hypoacousia | Right ear | 1 (2.2) | 0 | >.05 | | Left ear | 1 (2.2) | 0 | >.05 | | Mixed hypoacousia | Right ear | 1 (2.2) | 0 | >.05 | | Left ear | 0 | 0 | >.05 |
| | Logoaudiometry | | | 2 (4.4) | 0 | >.05 |
| | Tympanometry 226 Hz | Right ear | Curve A | 23 (51.1) | 29 (64.4) | .2 | | Curve As | 22 (48.8) | 16 (35.5) | | Left ear | Curve A | 19 (42.2) | 25 (55.5) | .2 | | Curve As | 26 (57.7) | 20 (44.4) |
| | High-frequency tympanometry | Right ear | 1B1G | 32 (71.1) | 43 (95.5) | .002 | | 3B1G | 13 (28.8) | 2 (4.4) | | Left ear | 1B1G | 33 (73.3) | 42 (93.3) | .01 | | 3B1G | 12 (26.6) | 3 (6.6) |
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