title: Auditory evaluation in Parkinsonian patients.
abstract: Twenty Parkinson's disease (PD) patients (mean age 69.9 years) and 24 normal individuals' (mean age 63.8) both ears were investigated by brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) and pure tone audiometry (PTA). There were no statistically significant age differences between the patients and control subjects. PTA results were significantly elevated for PD patients in 4,000 and 8,000 Hz (P < 0.05). Parkinsonian patients showed significantly increased latencies in wave V and I-V interpeak latencies (P < 0.05). The results of this study suggest that PTA and BAEPs could be affected in parkinson disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Düzce Medical Faculty, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey. dryilmazsuleyman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yýlmaz
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karalý
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tokmak
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Güçlü
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koçer
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Oztürk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D016057:Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology