title: Tinnitus and Paget's disease of bone.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of tinnitus and deafness in subjects with Paget's disease of bone.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and thirty-four subjects in total (77 with Paget's disease) were identified and audiologically examined. Subjects' experience of tinnitus was surveyed via a questionnaire and the results compared with those of age-matched controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hearing loss in those with Paget's disease of bone was significantly worse than in controls. Hearing handicap was also much worse in the Paget's subjects. Sixty-one per cent of the Paget's subjects suffered from tinnitus, compared with 36 per cent of the controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Deafness is a recognized, common sequelae of Paget's disease of bone, and tinnitus is a common accompanying symptom.
authors.affiliation: Child and Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. macken34@liv.ac.uk
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001299:Audiometry; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000453:epidemiology*