4. PRESBYCUSIS
SNHL ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL AGEING PROCESS IN THE EAR
Manifests at the age of 65yrs
If early,
* hereditary predisposition
* chronic noise exposure
* generalised vascular disease
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7. PATHOLOGICAL TYPES
MECHANICAL/ COCHLEAR CONDUCTIVE PRESBYCUSIS
* basilar membrane stiffening
* audiogram is sloping type
SENSORY PRESBYCUSIS
Degeneration of organ of corti
Hair cell atrophy seen
basal coil progress apex
affects
higher frequency
8. NEURAL PRESBYCUSIS
*ITS MOST COMMON
* Degeneration of cells of spiral ganglion
Basal coil apex
NOTE: speech discrimination is poor
STRIAL OR METABOLIC PRESBYCUSIS
Atrophy of stria vascularies
physical + chemical process of energy production affected
NOTE : Audiogram is flat
but speech discrimination is good
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10. diagnosis
Audiogram (PTA) SHOWS
B/L
Progressive SNHL
HIGH FREQUENCY PTA SHOWS
Downsloping audiogram
TREATMENT
HEARING AIDS
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS
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13. THE DEAF CHILD
Children with profound 90 db loss or total deafness fail to
develop speech termed deaf mute/ deaf and dumb
Aetiology
* Birth (prenatal)
* During birth ( perinatal)
* postnatal
14. Prenatal causes
They may pertain to the infant 0r mother
INFANT FACTORS GENETIC
INFANT FACTORS-----inner ear anomalies
NON GENETIC
ANOMALIES - NONSYNDROMIC and SYNDROMIC
15. ANOMALIES
SCHEIBE DYSPLASIA
IT ismost common inner ear anomaly
bony labyrinth is normal
superior part of membranous labyrinth is normal
dysplasia of saccule and cochlea = cochleosacular dysplasia
AR non syndromic trait
16. ALEXANDER DYSPLASIA
It affects only the basal turn of membranous cochlea
High frequencies are affected
Residual hearing is + in low frequencies
Can be exploited by amplification with hearing aids
18. MICHEL DYSPLAIA
Complete absence of bony and membranous labyrinth
Petrous apex is absent but external and middle ear may be completely
unaffected
No hearing aids or cochlear implantation can be used
19. MONDINI DYSPLASIA
ONLY basal coil is present or cochlea is 1.5 turn
Incomplete partition between the scalae due to absence of osseous spiral
lamina
u/L or B/L
This deformity seen in
pendred
Waardenburg
branchio oto renal
treacher Collins
20. ENLARGED VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT
Vestibular aqueduct is enlarged >2mm
Endolymphatic sacalso enlarged
Can be seen on t2 MRI
It causes early onset snhl --progressive
Vertigo may be present
Perilymphatic fistula may occur
22. MATERNAL FACTORS
Infections during pregnancy
Drugs during pregnancy
Radiation to mother in 1st trimester
Other factors --- nutritional deficiency ,DM, toxaemia, thyroid
deficiency,maternal alcoholism
23. Perinatal causes
They relate to cause during birth or in early neonatal period
1. anoxia
2. LBW AND PREMATURITY
Birth injuries
Neonatal jaundice bilirubin level >20mg%
Neonatal meningitis
Sepsis
Ototoxic drugs
24. POSTNATAL CAUSES
1.GENETIC
2. NON GENETIC;
VIRAL INFECTIONS
MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS
SCRETORY OM
OTOTOXIC DRUGS
TRAUMA
NI DEAFNESS
25. EVALUATION OF A DEAF CHILD
FINDING THE CAUSE; -----detailed history
Suspician of hearing loss
the child sleeps through loud noises unperturbed
Fails to develop speech at 1-2 yrs
Poor performance in school
26. Risk factors for HL in children
Family history of HL
Prenatal infection TORCH
Craniofacial anomalies
LBW
Hyperbilrubinaemia
Ototoxic medications
Bacterial meningitis
APGAR SCORE 0-4 @1min
0-6@5min