Investigating Hearing Function in Pediatric Patients with Renal Dysfunction : In Pursuit of Preventive Audiology Outcomes

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Chronic kidney is being increasingly recognized as a global health problem with effects that have implications for both mortality and morbidity; with hearing loss being one of the effects that has an impact on quality of life. This study aimed to describe hearing function in a group of children with chronic renal dysfunction receiving treatment in an academic hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. One hundred children between the ages 5 and 18 years (mean age 11.68) were included in the study. A cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative research design was employed. All participants underwent a case history interview and an audiological examination which included otoscopy, immittance testing, pure tone audiometry including extended high frequency testing up to 16 kHz as well as diagnostic distortion product otoacoustic emission testing. A medical record review was also done. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Results revealed that there was a high prevalence of hearing loss in this group. The most common hearing loss was a low and high to ultrahigh frequency mild sensorineural hearing loss. No relationship between the severity of hearing loss and the severity of renal dysfunction, or the duration of renal dysfunction and the duration of treatment was found. However, a relationship between the severity of hearing loss and certain treatments was found. These were v hemodialysis and the use of ototoxic medication such as loop diuretics, tuberculosis medication, and antimalarial medication. Current findings highlight the importance of extended high frequency audiometry as well as diagnostic distortion product otoacoustic emission testing for early detection of hearing impairment, in pursuit of preventive audiology outcomes, in ototoxic monitoring in this population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

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Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India - 74(2022), Suppl 3 vom: 28. Dez., Seite 4189-4199

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khoza-Shangase, Katijah [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Audiometry
Chronic renal dysfunction
Hearing loss
Journal Article
Ototoxicity
Pediatrics
South Africa

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Date Revised 02.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12070-021-02906-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM352526114