Auditory effects of chronic alcoholism

Spitzer, J.

doi:10.1016/0376-8716(81)90041-7

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“…Similar observations were reported by [19] where, alcohol may have little or no effect on tinnitus among many individuals, but may appear to make it 'worse' in some and 'better' in others.…”

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The Impact of Tinnitus on Sufferers in Indian Population

Makar

Biswas

Shatapathy³

2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Tinnitus is a very common complain and affects 7% of population and has been associated with a range of physical and emotional disorders (Hallam et al. in Br J Clin Psychol 27:213-222, 1988). Hence to understand the distress caused by tinnitus and its relationship with the nature of tinnitus so as to suggest the appropriate treatment, there is the need to study the impact of tinnitus of a group of tinnitus sufferers. This study could be done on the basis of verbal description of tinnitus, Audiological measurement of tinnitus and psychological characteristics of tinnitus in terms of distress, anxiety, depression and disturbance of personality, to understand the impact of tinnitus on sufferers. Fifty adults in the age range of 18-60 years with subjective tinnitus with bilateral normal hearing or pure SNHL ranging from mild to moderately severe were selected. An audiological profile of each subject was prepared on the basis of brief case history of subject, otoscopic examination, pure tone audiometry, impedance audiometry, frequency (pitch) and intensity (loudness) of tinnitus. A psychometric profile was developed by using Tinnitus Reaction Questionnaire and Nature of Tinnitus Questionnaire. These questionnaires were translated and adopted in Hindi and Bengali language after appropriate standardization procedure. 60% reported that they do not have any idea regarding probable cause of their tinnitus. 74% subjects of this study reported that there is no fluctuation in the pitch of their tinnitus. However, 68% reported loudness of tinnitus is fluctuating. A weak co-relation has been seen between traditional audiological measures like pitch matching, loudness matching and subject's description of pitch and loudness of tinnitus. There was a significant correlation between the impact of tinnitus and disturbance of sleep caused by it with increase in depression and anger (0.483). However, no significant co-relation was seen between distressed caused by tinnitus and duration of tinnitus (-0.034). The multiple nature/ sounds of tinnitus had far more devastating effects or serious impact on 'tinnitus sufferers' than the single sound/ nature. Gender differences were also found among tinnitus sufferers while assessing the audiological and psychological measures of tinnitus. Female subjects also reported a higher level of emotional reaction with a mean of 35.9 to their tinnitus as compared to males with a mean of 31.7. Tinnitus has resulted in multifold effects/impacts on tinnitus sufferers where it has made them feel unhappy, tense, irritable, depressed, annoyed, distressed and frustrated. It has interfered with their enjoyment, their relaxation, their sleep, and forced them to avoid quiet environmental and social situations. These findings should further help in the overall management of the patient suffering from tinnitus.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 84%

The Impact of Tinnitus on Sufferers in Indian Population

Makar

Biswas

Shatapathy³

2011

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…These studies, however, did not control for variables such as age and exposure to other toxic substances, as was done in the current study. 1,3,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] A comparison of TEOAE responses between groups revealed a statistically significant difference at 2kHz in the left ear in subjects exposed to noise; the TEOAE signal-to-noise ratio was lower in alcoholic subjects (Table 5). There are, however, no data in the current study to justify this finding.…”

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“…Tinnitus has also been reported as a symptom in this condition; Spitzer and Ventry, 13 Spitzer, 15 Gross et al 27 and Quick 28 thus confirmed alcohol as being toxic to the auditory system.…”

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“…Alcoholism-related sensorineural hearing loss has been documented in many papers; 1,3,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] the methods, however, raise concerns about whether variables such as age, duration of alcohol abuse, and past and present noise exposure might also have contributed to the observed hearing loss.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Avaliação auditiva em alcoolistas abstêmios

Ribeiro

Jacob-Corteletti

Alvarenga

et al. 2007

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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Al coholism is considered the most relevant addiction in the international arena and few investigations have examined the association between sensorineural hearing loss and alcohol abuse, with conflicting results. Aim: To analyze the effects of alcohol abuse on the auditory system of alcoholics in abstinence taking into account the duration of alcohol abuse and associated noise exposure. Method: our series comprehended 75 individuals, divided into two groups: trial and control. The audiological assessment was made by means of: pure-tone audiometry, transient evoked otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry. The Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests were used in the statistical analysis of the data. Results: the groups of patients who had been alcoholics evidenced a statistically significant worse performance in the audiological assessment. The combined exposure to alcohol and noise was not synergic on the auditory system. Conclusion: long-term alcohol abuse can damage the cochlear function, specifically the outer hair cells.

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“…It has indeed been largely shown that alcohol-dependent individuals present major cerebral damage (see Bülher & Mann, 2011 for a review) in various brain regions (Harper, 2007;McIntosh & Chick, 2004), including white matter (Oscar-Berman & Marinkovic, 2003), limbic (Cowen et al, 2004;De Bellis et al, 2005) and fronto-temporal regions (Chanraud et al, 2007;Harper & Matsumoto, 2005). The behavioural correlates of these cerebral impairments are also well established as cognitive deficits have been repeatedly shown (see Stavro et al, 2013 for a review) for perceptive-motor (Kramer, et al, 1989;Spitzer, 1981), attentional , memory (Pitel et al, 2007) and executive abilities (Bechara et al, 2001). Nevertheless, this extensive exploration of the cognitive consequences of alcohol-dependence contrasts with the poor knowledge on other abilities which are also crucial in this pathology, and notably emotional disturbances.…”

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confidence: 97%