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P072 The Association Between Snoring and Hearing Loss in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

BACKGROUND: Snoring is the commonest symptom of OSA, occurring in 70%-95% of patients. Snoring noise in severe OSA can reach, and exceed, peaks of 80 decibels(dB). This is a noise level at which permanent hearing loss can occur. Given the chronicity of OSA, patients may be exposed to harmful noise l...

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Autores principales: Lawton, E, Jurisevic, M, Hobart, K, Polasek, J, Fon, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10109029/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpab014.116