Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Non-depressed Essential Tremor Cases and Controls: A Clinical and Audiometric Study

Yilmaz N. H., AKBOSTANCI M. C., Yilmaz N.

TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS, cilt.5, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.7916/d8xw4hkq
  • Dergi Adı: TREMOR AND OTHER HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cochlea, essential tremor, sensorineural hearing loss, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, MOVEMENT-DISORDER, TONE DECAY, IMPAIRMENT, DISEASE, COMMON, ERA
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Patients with essential tremor (ET) have an increased prevalence of hearing loss, and depression is a confounding issue for both conditions. We assessed hearing loss in non-depressed ET patients and controls using a questionnaire and audiometric tests.