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Volume 4 Issue 3 (May - June, 2016)

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EVALUATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION IN PATIENTS REPORTING TO GGS HOSPITAL FARIDKOT, PUNJAB
Manpreet Kaur, Jai Lal Davessar, AGS Bawa, Gurbax Singh, Rachna Dhingra, Sumit Prinja, Vikas Dhillon

Background: Negligence towards health, poor medical awareness, poor hygiene, socio-economic status, climate, lack of resources to avail medical facilities, are the factors affecting hearing loss and there is paucity of data evaluating these factors in hearing deficient patients. Thus, the present study was undertaken to study the various demographic factors and effect of duration of tympanic membrane perforation on hearing loss. Material and Methods: The study comprised of 200 patients randomly selected from the Outdoor & Indoor ENT Department of Hospital. A detailed history, clinical examination and investigations were done. Pure tone audiometry was done in audiometry room and hearing loss was calculated in each case of dry tympanic membrane perforation. Results: Males 102 (51%) were found to be affected more than females 98 (49%). The ratio being 1.04:1 (Male: Female). Most of the patients belonged to rural area 129 (64.5%) and 71 (35.5%) belonged to urban area. 156 (78%) patients had unilateral ear involvement with 88 (44%) left ear and 68 (34%) right ear. 44 (22%) patients had bilateral ear involvement. Chronic otitis media (82%) was found to be the most common cause of perforation, with trauma (18%) being the second. The most common symptom was hearing loss in 84.5% followed by episodic discharge in 82%, itching in 52% and tinnitus in 45%. 31.14% patients had disease for >5 years, 44.26% patients had disease for 1-5 years and 24.59% patients had disease for <1 years. Conclusion: The mean hearing loss at all the frequencies increased as the duration of disease increased and the difference was significant statistically. Delay in diagnosis attributes to a variety of reasons such as lack of optimum health services, lack of medical knowledge and poor hygienic conditions.
Keywords: Hearing loss; Tympanic membrane; Perforation

Corresponding author: Dr. Manpreet Kaur  JR, Department of ENT, GGS Medical College Faridkot, Punjab, India

This article may be cited as:  Kaur M, Davessar JL, Bawa AGS, Singh G, Dhingra R, Prinja S, Dhillon V. Evaluation of demographic profile and symptomatology of  tympanic membrane perforation  in patients reporting to  GGS Hospital Faridkot, Punjab. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2016;4(3):21-25

 
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