Frequency-resolving ability in systemic lupus erythematosus.
An audiological investigation was performed of 20 patients suffering from the well characterized autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In addition to threshold estimations, psychoacoustical tuning curves were measured to provide an indication of frequency-resolving ability. Comparison of these data with age, sex and socioeconomically matched controls did not show that the SLE group had significantly worse hearing.
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ENT Department, University Hospital, Nottingham.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001299:Audiometry; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010897:Pitch Discrimination / Q000502:physiology*; D011571:Psychoacoustics