Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss: Is There Any Correlation?

Pankaj Chauhan; Trilok Chand Guleria; Sunil Sharma; Ravinder S. Minhas; Madhuri Dadwal; Narender K. Mohindroo

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1748809

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (Jul 2023)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss: Is There Any Correlation?

Pankaj Chauhan,
Trilok Chand Guleria,
Sunil Sharma,
Ravinder S. Minhas,
Madhuri Dadwal,
Narender K. Mohindroo

Affiliations

Pankaj Chauhan: ORCiD; Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Trilok Chand Guleria: ORCiD; Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Radhakrishnan Govt. Medical College, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Sunil Sharma: ORCiD; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Ravinder S. Minhas: Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Madhuri Dadwal: Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Narender K. Mohindroo: Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1748809
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 03
pp. e435 – e439

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Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a breathing disorder related to sleep that has a negative effect on the behavior and health of people around the globe. Chronic hypoxemia and variations in the concentration of oxygen in the blood noticed in OSA individuals may have adverse effects on the process of auditory transduction and transmission.

Published in International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

ISSN: 1809-9777 (Print); 1809-4864 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://lp.thieme.de/journals/international-archives-of-otorhinolaryngology/1809-9777

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