Audiological Assessment in Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency

Elsayed, Noha Mohamed; Ibrahim, Waleed Mohamed; Ahmed, Azza Mostafa; Gad, Nahla Hassan

doi:10.21608/zumj.2022.144132.2584

Audiological Assessment in Patients with Vitamin D Deficiency

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Audio-Vestibular Medicine unit, Otorhinolaryngology department, Al-Ahrar teaching hospital, Zagazig , Egypt.

² Audio-Vestibular Medical Unit, ENT department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Sharkia, Egypt

³ Clinical pathology department, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

⁴ Audio-Vestibular Medicine unit, Otolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

10.21608/zumj.2022.144132.2584

Abstract

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Background: Vitamin D status has been linked to proper hearing and vestibular functions. Vitamin D deficiency was correlated with ear, nose, and throat patients. Also, several studies suggested the possible relationship between vitamin D deficiency and hearing loss primarily of sensorineural type.
Materials: The current study was performed on Seventy-five subjects, the cases were allocated into two groups; control group (of 25 healthy subjects with Serum level of 25(OH) D (>20 ng/mL)), and study group consisted of 50 adults which were divided equally into two subgroups, subgroup I (Adults with Serum level of 25(OH) D (

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