Correlation of numeric rating scale with pure tone audiogram for assessing hearing loss.
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2014-01
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Objective: Hearing loss is the public health problem affecting all the age groups. For the
assessment of hearing loss pure tone audiogram (PTA) is the gold standard but cannot be easily
available in rural areas. So, the main aim of our study is to see the correlation of numeric
rating scale with the pure tone audiogram for assessing the hearing loss.
Materials and methods: This was the prospective, non randomized and longitudinal study performed
in two hundred patients with unilateral hearing loss. For the study purpose, the numeric
rating scale (NRS) was divided into 5 parts as that of degree of hearing loss and the PTAwas
also divided into 5 parts to see the correlation with the NRS findings. The analysis was done
using SPSS 16.0 Software.
Results: The total frequency of unilateral hearing loss was 1.79%. 125(62.5%) patients fell
within 16 – 25years.The mean age was 23.2+/-9.7.Females were affected more than males.
Most of the patients who were in high school had unilateral hearing loss. Students and housewives
accounted for 87.5%. 89% patients had conductive hearing loss, 10% had sensorineural
hearing loss whereas only 1% patients had mixed hearing loss. The most of patients reported
NRS2 and NRS3 which was 85.5%. Regarding the PTA analysis, 91% patients fell within mild
and moderate hearing loss. There was high degree of correspondence in mild hearing loss
between NRS and PTA. The Pearson’s correlation showed the statistically significant correlation
between NRS and PTA with p=0.00
Conclusion: The NRS scale can be used as an optional measure for PTAin assessing the hearing
loss mainly in rural areas for screening where there is lack of PTA.
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Hearing loss, Numeric rating scale, Pure tone audiogram
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Shrestha BL, Amatya RCM. Correlation of numeric rating scale with pure tone audiogram for assessing hearing loss. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 2014; 13(1): 25-29.