Audiological investigation of chronic alcoholics.
Pure tone audiometry performed on 67 alcoholics showed a sensorineural hearing loss in 70% of the ears examined. The prevalence of the hearing loss was related to the duration of heavy drinking. Twenty-two subjects with hearing loss were evaluated using impedance audiometry, SISI test, tone decay test and fixed frequency Békésy recording. The results of these tests are suggestive of a retrocochlear lesion in chronic alcoholics.
D000158:Acoustic Impedance Tests; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors