title: [Study on the correlation between sensorineural hearing loss and secretory otitis media].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the correlation between sensorineural hearing loss (SHL) and otitis media with effusion (OME).
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 38 cases with OME who had no recovery of bone conduction hearing threshold were reviewed. The bone conduction hearing thresholds at different frequencies in both healthy and suffering ears were measured and their relationship with age, duration, character and amount of effusion were also discussed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At different frequencies, the bone conduction hearing thresholds of the suffering ear were higher than those of the healthy ear (P < 0.05). The older of the age and the longer of the duration, the more possibility of SHL occurrence. Its occurrence was more likely to appear in patients with mucous effusion than in patients with serous effusion, however, it had no relationship with the amount of the effusion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  OME may lead to SHL, and the etiology and mechanism is complicated and unclear. The patients with older age, longer duration and mucous effusion are more susceptible to SHL, and should be early diagnosed and managed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Henan, Zhengzhou 450002, China. sunmaiqing202@sina.com
authors.forename: Maiqing
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hongwei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jitang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fanglei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001844:Bone Conduction; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000150:complications; D055815:Young Adult