DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2022.v10i01.009

Pages: 59-62

Background and Objectives: Hearing skills is one of the most important and pleasurable gifts bestowed by almighty which affects the development of an individual. Hearing impairment is a major public health problem in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15% of the world's adult population has some degree of hearing loss. About one-third of those who are affected have disabling hearing loss and two-third of them live in developing countries. This survey who done to study the pattern of hearing loss among patients visiting ENT OPD in Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College Hospital, Noakhali, Bangladesh. Material and Methods: The study was conducted in Dept. of ENT, Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College Hospital, Noakhali, Bangladesh from January to December-2021. All the clinically diagnosed cases with hearing impairment were enrolled in the study and hearing assessment done. Demographic data and PTA assessment were taken. Results: Out of 121 patients were enrolled. Among them, male were 59 (48.76%) and female 62(51.24%). In age distribution, commonly affected age group was 21-30 years followed by 31-40 years group. On comparing hearing level between both the ears, right ear was having mean hearing threshold of 45.45 dB and left ear having 47.33 dB with standard deviation 16.55, 15.98 respectively. The difference between both the values is statistically not significant (p value- 0.165). On evaluating type of hearing loss between both the ears, there were almost similar frequencies of hearing loss pattern (p value- 0.190).Out of 121 patients, 20(16.5%) were having unilateral hearing loss. So total of 222(91.7%) ears were affected out of 242 ears. Among them 120 (49.58%) ears had conductive hearing loss, 30(22.31%) ears had sensorineural hearing loss and 48(19.83%) ears had mixed hearing loss. On evaluating degree of hearing loss, patients were mostly having mild hearing loss (42.14%) followed by severe hearing loss (24.79%), moderate ...