Evaluation of audiovestibular status in leprosy.
Indian J Lepr
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1984 Jan-Mar; 56(1): 24-9
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
One hundred twenty five cases of lepromatous leprosy and 25 cases of tuberculoid leprosy were investigated for audiovestibular status. Impaired hearing was detected in 52 percent and vestibular hypofuction in 7.2 per cent of lepromatous cases. Conductive deafness was due to eustachian tube catarrh secondary to atrophic rhinitis associated with the disease. The perceptive deafness and vestibular hypofuction were due to end organ lesion probably due to E.N.L. reaction. The vestibulococlear nerve involvement was considered to be unlikely. In tuberculoid leprosy derangement in hearing was not observed in any cases.
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Main subject:
Vestibular Function Tests
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Aged
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Humans
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Vestibule, Labyrinth
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Deafness
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Hearing Loss, Conductive
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Hearing Loss
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Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1984
Type:
Article
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