Subjective Improvement in Hearing After Treatment With a Manic Episode in an Elderly Patient

This is a report of an 81-year-old woman presenting with hearing improvement after a reduction of antidepressant medication to manage a manic episode. The patient reported a subjective improvement in her hearing ability, not confirmed by audiometric testing. It was reported to us that she stopped us...

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Autores principales: Bulut, Alican, Manoranjan, Kamadchisundaram, Marley, Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10243402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37288224
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38624
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description This is a report of an 81-year-old woman presenting with hearing improvement after a reduction of antidepressant medication to manage a manic episode. The patient reported a subjective improvement in her hearing ability, not confirmed by audiometric testing. It was reported to us that she stopped using her hearing aids subsequently. This case highlights the potential for medications to impact hearing and the importance of monitoring for side effects in elderly patients with mood disorders.
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spelling pubmed-102434022023-06-07 Subjective Improvement in Hearing After Treatment With a Manic Episode in an Elderly Patient Bulut, Alican Manoranjan, Kamadchisundaram Marley, Justin Cureus Psychiatry This is a report of an 81-year-old woman presenting with hearing improvement after a reduction of antidepressant medication to manage a manic episode. The patient reported a subjective improvement in her hearing ability, not confirmed by audiometric testing. It was reported to us that she stopped using her hearing aids subsequently. This case highlights the potential for medications to impact hearing and the importance of monitoring for side effects in elderly patients with mood disorders. Cureus 2023-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10243402/ /pubmed/37288224 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38624 Text en Copyright © 2023, Bulut et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Subjective Improvement in Hearing After Treatment With a Manic Episode in an Elderly Patient
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title_short Subjective Improvement in Hearing After Treatment With a Manic Episode in an Elderly Patient
title_sort subjective improvement in hearing after treatment with a manic episode in an elderly patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10243402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37288224
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38624
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