Prevalence Of Sensorineural Hearing Loss Among Stroke

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of sensorineural hearing loss among stroke patients. A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted. Medicine department of HMC Peshawar and lady reading hospital (LRH) in Peshawar. Total 224 diagnosed stroke patients were selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. 20 and above age group male and female were included. Transient ischemic, psychological, and congenital stroke patients were excluded. Pure Tone audiometry (PTA) was done using pure tone audiometer to identify type of hearing loss. The Study was conducted at audiology Department of The University of Lahore for the duration of six months from 22nd March2023 to 22nd August2023. Out of 224 stroke patients, 168 were ischemic and 56 were hemorrhagic type.15 patients had conductive hearing loss,111 had sensorineural hearing loss,21 had mixed hearing loss while 66 were having normal and 11 were having high frequency sensorineural hearing loss. This study showed that there was no significant association between sensorineural hearing loss and stroke.