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Viola P, Scarpa A, Pisani D, Petrolo C, Aragona T, Spadera L, De Luca P, Gioacchini FM, Ralli M, Cassandro E, Cassandro C, Chiarella G. Sub-Clinical Effects of Chronic Noise Exposure on Vestibular System. Transl Med UniSa 2020; 22:19-23. [PMID: 32523903 PMCID: PMC7265918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
AIM to investigate the effect of chronic noise exposure on vestibular function of subjects without clinical evidence of vestibular disorders and with documented cochlear damage from noise. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 25 patients with chronic noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) and without vestibular complaints (group A) and 25 matched controls with sensorineural hearing loss without noise exposure (group B), underwent audiological and vestibular test including caloric and cervical vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials tests (cVEMPs). RESULTS In subjects chronically exposed to noise, similarly to that of the auditory threshold, an increase in the evocation threshold of VEMPs has been documented, statistically significant (p<0,05) and independent of the performance of the auditory threshold. p1-n1 amplitude values showed a significant difference between group A and group B. No significant difference for p1-n1 latencies between the two groups was found. CONCLUSION We have documented the possibility of vestibular lesion, along with cochlear damage, related to chronic acoustic trauma.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Viola
- Unit of Audiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Unit of Audiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy
| | - C Petrolo
- Unit of Audiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy
| | - T Aragona
- Otolaryngology, A.O.U. Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
| | - L Spadera
- Otolaryngology, San Leonardo Hospital, Castellammare di Stabia, Napoli, Italy
| | - P De Luca
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- ENT Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
| | - M Ralli
- Department of Sense Organs, University Sapienza of Rome, Italy
| | - E Cassandro
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
| | - G Chiarella
- Unit of Audiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Regional Centre for Cochlear Implants and ENT Diseases, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy
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