Ear Diseases in Elderly Hospital Patients in Nigeria

Abstract

Our data suggest that impacted cerumen, hearing loss, and infections (notably CSOM), are the common ear diseases among elderly Nigerians.

Audiologic Pattern in Elderly Patients: A Tertiary Care Experience

“…There are other studies that have reported hearing loss to be 77.1% and 92.5% respectively [19,25]. In our study, we found that 96.7% of patients had some sort of hearing loss.…”

Otitis media as a cause of significant hearing loss among Nigerians

“…This study observes that 25.8% of significant hearing loss seen during the study period can be attributed to otitis media. When viewed as middle ear pathology, this ratio may appear higher than could be deducted from previous studies [15,16]. However, it is also believed that hearing loss in otitis media, especially in extended high frequency, might be cochlear in nature [10], and there are documented evidences of sensorineural hearing loss with otitis media in literatures [17][18][19].…”

“…Earlier studies from Sub Saharan Africa focused on CSOM as a cause of significant hearing loss among Africans [13][14][15]. In most of these studies, discharging ear was the chief complaint.…”

Ear diseases and factors associated with ear infections among the elderly attending hospital in Arar city, Northern Saudi Arabia

“…Furthermore, in a study conducted by (16), cerumen impaction was the commonest (30.14%) presentation followed by otomycosis externa (27.89%), presbycusis (24.23%) and chronic suppurative otitis media (11.11%), and in a study carried out by (17), chronic suppurative otitis media was the commonest (25%) problem, followed by otomycosis externa (17.5%) and cerumen impaction (15.3%). Additionally, another study conducted by (18) found that impacted cerumen was the most frequent ear problem (34.4%) among the studied elderly followed by hearing loss and otitis externa/media. In a study conducted by (19), the most common ear disease was impacted cerumen (24.7%), followed by hearing loss due to old age (Presbycusis) (18.2%), chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) (6.5%) and Otomycosis (5.4%).…”