The Comparative Study of Subtle Deafness in Cosmopolitan, Town and Rural Population

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Y. Kishoreen_US
dc.contributor.authorSahu, Jayaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBasod, Ajayen_US
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Nityam Sagaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T10:06:35Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T10:06:35Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBackground: The presbycusis patients (usually beyond 50 years) come to us with much loss of hearing sensitivity. The deafness unperceived starts much earlier before their perception. Objectives: To identify the severity of the subtle deafness in the cosmopolitan, small town and rural areas. Materials and methods: We had selected the people with absolutely normal hearing (claimed by the subjects) between 21-50 years. They were confident of their hearing status, even on deep probing. We divided the people into three categories like cosmopolitan, small town and rural. We had selected the people of Mumbai under the cosmopolitan category. The audiological evaluation was carried out in sound treated room meeting the ANSI Standards of permissible ambient noise levels in sound treated room.Manual Pure Tone Audiometer in a two room set up that confirm to ANSI S-3.6-1996 standard was used. The instrument used for this study was calibrated ALPS AD 2100 audiometer with TDH 49 ear phones. Results: The cosmopolitan population were affected most. Later small town people and lastly rural area people were affected. In cosmopolitan population the 4 kHz was mostly affected, suggesting the significant impact of noise on their hearing. In town population also the 4 kHz is affected, but not to the extent of cosmopolitan people. The cosmopolitan people were affected worst among the three categories. And interestingly the small town population and rural population have almost the same hearing thresholds. Y. Kishore Kumar, Jaya Sahu, Ajay Basod, Nityam Sagar Patel. The Comparative Study of Subtle Deafness in Cosmopolitan, Town and Rural Population. IAIM, 2017; 4(1): 72-77. Page 73 Conclusion: The severity of subtle deafness is most in cosmopolitan, lesser in small town and least in rural population. The pure tone audiometry should be done in cosmopolitan people in early twenties, in small town people in early thirties and in rural population in early forties.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor and HOD, Late Shree Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh (CG), India, ykishoreent@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Late Shree Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh (CG), Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAudiologist and Speech Therapist, Late Shree Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh (CG), Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAudiologist and Speech Therapist, Late Shree Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Govt. Medical College, Raigarh (CG), Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar Y. Kishore, Sahu Jaya, Basod Ajay, Patel Nityam Sagar. The Comparative Study of Subtle Deafness in Cosmopolitan, Town and Rural Population. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jan; 4(1): 72-77en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/186831
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Society for Excellenceen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume4en_US
dc.subjectSubtle deafnessen_US
dc.subjectComparisonen_US
dc.subjectCosmopolitanen_US
dc.subjectTownen_US
dc.subjectRuralen_US
dc.subjectPopulationen_US
dc.titleThe Comparative Study of Subtle Deafness in Cosmopolitan, Town and Rural Populationen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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