Volume 2, Issue 7 (Summer 1999)
J Arak Uni Med Sci 1999, 2(7): 38-42 |
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Hashemieh M, Kobar Fard F. The Incidence of Hearing Loss Among Thalassemic Patients in Arak City. J Arak Uni Med Sci 1999; 2 (7) :38-42
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1- School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
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This study was performed on 50 thalassemic patients in Arak city in order to assess the incidence of hearing loss among these patients. Evaluation of hearing loss in these patients were done with audiometry tests. The mean age was 10 and 40% of patients were in the range of 5-9 years old, 54% of patients were female and 46% of them were male. M/F ratio was 0.85%. 86% of patients have used Desferal (DFO) , and 14% of them have not used DFO. 14% of patients that have hearing loss, were in DFO user group. Also there is a significant relationship between hearing loss and DFO usage and between duration of DFO usage and hearing loss too. There is no significant relationship between hearing loss and ferritin level Thalassemic patients that use DFO must be assess with serial audiometry tests in order to prevent the effect of ototoxicity of Desferal.
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