Assessment of auditory and vestibular functions in vitiligo patients

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摘要 Objectives:Toevaluateaudiologicalandvestibularfunctionsviabasicaudiologicalevaluation,otoacousticemissionsandvideonystagmography(VNG)invitiligopatients.Materialandmethods:30vitiligopatients(8acrofacialand22mixedtypes)asthestudygroupand30normalhealthyadultsasthecontrolgroupwereincludedinthestudy.Allparticipantsweresubmittedtobasicaudiologicalevaluation,transientanddistortionproductotoacousticemmisions(TEOAEsandDPOAEs),vestibularassessmentincludinghistorytaking,officetestsandvideonystagmography(VNG)anddermatologicalassessmenttodeterminetype,percentofbodysurfaceareainvolvementanddurationofvitiligo.Results:Thisstudyshowedstatisticallysignificantdifferencebetweencontrolandstudygroupsinpuretoneaudiometry(PTA)andotoacousticemissionsresults.Fiftypercentofvitiligopatientshadperipheralvestibulardisorders(10vestibularneuritisand5posteriorcanalbenignparoxysmalpositionalvertigo.Conclusion:Theresultsinthisstudyshowedthat50%ofvitiligopatientssufferedfromperipheralvestibulardisordersinadditiontoauditoryaffection.Vitiligopatientsrequireroutinemonitoringforauditoryandvestibularfunctionsforearlyidentificationandmonitoringofchangesasthediseaseprogress.
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出版日期 2017年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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