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Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?

BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 2–5%. Its main clinical features are loud snoring and breathing stoppage during sleep. Ischemia could be a consequence of noise-induced hearing loss because cochlear oxygen tensio...

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Autores principales: Ekin, Selami, Turan, Mahfuz, Arısoy, Ahmet, Gunbatar, Hulya, Sunnetcioglu, Aysel, Asker, Selvi, Yıldız, Hanifi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5019138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27588548
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.897347
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author Ekin, Selami
Turan, Mahfuz
Arısoy, Ahmet
Gunbatar, Hulya
Sunnetcioglu, Aysel
Asker, Selvi
Yıldız, Hanifi
author_facet Ekin, Selami
Turan, Mahfuz
Arısoy, Ahmet
Gunbatar, Hulya
Sunnetcioglu, Aysel
Asker, Selvi
Yıldız, Hanifi
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description BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 2–5%. Its main clinical features are loud snoring and breathing stoppage during sleep. Ischemia could be a consequence of noise-induced hearing loss because cochlear oxygen tension is reduced during and after noise exposure. In this study, we evaluated auditory function in patients affected by OSA and simple snoring. MATERIAL/METHODS: A total of 66 participants (male to female ratio: 40:26) were included in the study, of which 21 were in the control group, 18 were in the simple snoring group, and 27 were in the OSA patient group. Polysomnography and audiometric examination were performed in all participants. RESULTS: The mean ages of the participants in the control, simple snoring, and OSA groups were 39.14±9.9, 37.28±8.2, and 41.56±8.99 years, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences among groups regarding age or sex; however, there were statistically significant differences among groups in body mass index, apnea-hypopnea index scores, mean saturation, and duration under 90% saturation. In addition, statistically significant differences were found between the patient group and the control and simple snoring groups concerning the mean saturation, duration under 90% saturation, and the extended high frequency of hearing. CONCLUSIONS: These data show that snoring may cause hearing loss at extended high frequencies.
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spelling pubmed-50191382016-09-20 Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss? Ekin, Selami Turan, Mahfuz Arısoy, Ahmet Gunbatar, Hulya Sunnetcioglu, Aysel Asker, Selvi Yıldız, Hanifi Med Sci Monit Clinical Research BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with an estimated prevalence in the general population of 2–5%. Its main clinical features are loud snoring and breathing stoppage during sleep. Ischemia could be a consequence of noise-induced hearing loss because cochlear oxygen tension is reduced during and after noise exposure. In this study, we evaluated auditory function in patients affected by OSA and simple snoring. MATERIAL/METHODS: A total of 66 participants (male to female ratio: 40:26) were included in the study, of which 21 were in the control group, 18 were in the simple snoring group, and 27 were in the OSA patient group. Polysomnography and audiometric examination were performed in all participants. RESULTS: The mean ages of the participants in the control, simple snoring, and OSA groups were 39.14±9.9, 37.28±8.2, and 41.56±8.99 years, respectively. There were no statistically significant differences among groups regarding age or sex; however, there were statistically significant differences among groups in body mass index, apnea-hypopnea index scores, mean saturation, and duration under 90% saturation. In addition, statistically significant differences were found between the patient group and the control and simple snoring groups concerning the mean saturation, duration under 90% saturation, and the extended high frequency of hearing. CONCLUSIONS: These data show that snoring may cause hearing loss at extended high frequencies. International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5019138/ /pubmed/27588548 http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.897347 Text en © Med Sci Monit, 2016 This work is licensed under Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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Gunbatar, Hulya
Sunnetcioglu, Aysel
Asker, Selvi
Yıldız, Hanifi
Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?
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title_full Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?
title_fullStr Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?
title_full_unstemmed Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?
title_short Is There a Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Hearing Loss?
title_sort is there a relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (osa) and hearing loss?
topic Clinical Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5019138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27588548
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/MSM.897347
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