Examination of Hearing in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Population: Role of Extended-High-Frequency Audiometry in the Diagnosis of Subclinical Involvement

Table 1

Comparative analysis of results of SNHL and CHL as diagnosed using PTA in patients with RA, according to the reviewed sources. SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss; CHL: conductive hearing loss; PTA: pure tone audiometry; RA: rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors	Number of patients	% SNHL (PTA)	% CHL (PTA)
Our study	53	43.4	—
Magaro et al. [5]	20	55	—
Kastanioudakjs  et al. [12]	45	35.5	—
Raut et al. [7]	35	60	—
Özcan et al. [8]	37	35.1	24.3
Takatsu et al. [10]	37	36.1	—
Bhama et al. [9]	25	60	12
Halligan et al. [13]	29	40	10
Murdin et al. [14]	55	29.6	1.9
Dikici et al. [21]	20	45	—
Baradaranfar and Doosti [32]	50	60	—