Audiometric configuration in patients being treated for alcoholism.
The auditory acuity of 52 alcoholic subjects showed a consistent bilateral high frequency loss. Presence of this loss was found to be related to drinking time, but independent of age, suggesting a definite relationship between length of heavy drinking time and loss of auditory acuity in the high frequencies.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology*; D006316:Hearing Loss, High-Frequency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors