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Item The Effect of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis on Middle Ear Resonance Frequency(2021) Baytaroglu, Berk; Jafarov, Sabuhi; Erbek, Selim Sermed; 35177390BACKGROUND: The effect of postmenopausal osteoporosis on the middle ear mechano-acoustic system is unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not middle ear resonance frequency is affected in females with postmenopausal osteoporosis. METHODS: The study included postmenopausal women aged 45-60 years, separated into 2 groups as females with postmenopausal osteoporosis and healthy postmenopausal females (control group). A detailed anamnesis was taken from all subjects and then the ear, nose, and throat examinations were done followed by pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, and multifrequency tympanometry tests. The groups were compared in respect of pure tone average, bone conduction threshold, RF, static admittance, and tympanometric peak pressure values. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 59.2 +/- 4.53 years (range, 48-65 years) in the postmenopausal osteoporosis group and 57.11 +/- 4.27 years (range, 48-65 years) in the control group (P>.05). The mean resonance frequency values for the postmenopausal osteoporosis and control group were 954.41 +/- 127.47 and 935.29 +/- 126.39 Hz (P>.05). The mean static admittance values for the postmenopausal osteoporosis and control group were 0.82 +/- 0.33 and 0.85 +/- 0.3 mmho, and mean tympanometric peak pressure values were -7.35 +/- 18.52 and -6.94 +/- 19.52 daPa (P>.05 for both static admittance and tympanometric peak pressure). The mean pure tone averagevalues for the postmenopausal osteoporosis and control group were 20.96 +/- 6.82 and 15.60 +/- 7.81 dB, and mean bone conduction threshold values were 17.57 +/- 6.03 and 12.10 +/- 6.52 dB (P<.05 for both pure tone average and bone conduction threshold). CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the middle ear resonance frequency values were not affected in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients, but there was seen to be greater sensorineural hearing loss in females with postmenopausal osteoporosis compared to healthy postmenopausal females.Item Evaluation of Hearing Loss in Pilots(2015) Atalay, Hayriye; Babakurban, Seda Turkoglu; Aydin, Erdinc; 0000-0001-5067-4044; 0000-0001-6864-7378; 29392000; AAI-8856-2021; AAJ-2379-2021Objective: High-intensity noise sources with an increase in air traffic and sudden changes in atmospheric pressure can cause hearing loss in pilots. The main goal of this research is to examine hearing loss due to age, the total flight hours and aircraft types and to evaluate the effects of personal conditions that can influence the hearing level. Methods: We examined the data of 234 Turkish pilots aged between 25 and 54 years who were examined due to the aviation Law for annual control from January 2005 to January 2014 at Baskent University Medical Faculty, Ankara Hospital. The audiometric results of the pilots were used. While 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 KHz were used for the airway threshold, 1, 2, and 4 KHz were used for the bone conduction threshold. Results: According to the data of the 234 pilots, there was a significant correlation between high-frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours and pilots' ages. The average hearing loss was higher, particularly in the left ear, in pilots using helicopters than in those using other aircraft types. There was no statistically significant correlation between hearing loss and diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, high blood pressure, anemia, obesity, and smoking. Conclusion: A significant cor-relation was observed between high frequency hearing loss and the total flight hours, pilots' age, and aircraft types in our study.Item Audio-Vestibular Findings in Increased Intracranial Hypertension Syndrome(2017) Coban, Kubra; Aydin, Erdinc; Ozluoglu, Levent Naci; 0000-0002-2150-0237; 0000-0001-6864-7378; 0000-0002-4633-0983; 28084997; AAI-8020-2021; AAJ-2379-2021; AAJ-2032-2021OBJECTIVE: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) can be manifested by audiological and vestibular complaints. The aim of the present study is to determine the audio-vestibular pathologies and their pathophysiologies in this syndrome by performing current audio-vestibular tests. MATERIALS and METHODS: The study was performed prospectively on 40 individuals (20 IIH patients, 20 healthy volunteers). Pure tone audiometry, tympanometry, vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, and electronystagmography tests were performed in both groups and the results were compared. RESULTS: The mean age of both groups was found to be 30.2 +/- 18.7. There were 11 females and 9 males in each group. The study group patients had significantly worse hearing levels. Pure tone averages were significantly higher in both ears of the study group (p<0.05). Ten patients (50%) in the study group and one healthy volunteer (5%) had pathologic ENG, possibly related to central pathologies (p=0.008). Eight patients (40%) and one (5%) control had variable abnormal VEMP records (p=0008). CONCLUSION: Many IIH patients initially visit otolaryngology clinics since cochlear and vestibular systems are frequently affected in this condition. Our test results suggest inner ear pathologies in these patients. Higher incidence of inferior vestibular nerve and/or saccule dysfunction is detected as a novelty. Increased intracranial pressure may affect the inner ear with similar mechanisms as in hydrops.Item Protective effect of Nigella sativa oil on acoustic trauma induced hearing loss in rats(2017) Culhaoglu, Belde; Erbek, Selim S.; Erbek, Seyra; Hizal, Evren; 0000-0002-8453-6069; 0000-0003-4825-3499; 0000-0002-9699-6783; 28791082; AAJ-2445-2021; B-7604-2019; A-5853-2018Acoustic trauma is a common reason for hearing loss. Different agents are used to prevent the harmful effect of acoustic trauma on hearing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential preventive effect of Nigella sativa (black cumin) oil in acoustic trauma. Our experimental study was conducted with 20 Sprague Downey female rats (mean age, 12 months; mean weight 250 g). All of the procedures were held under general anesthesia. Following otoscopic examinations, baseline-hearing thresholds were obtained using auditory brainstem responses (ABR). To create acoustic trauma, the rats were then exposed to white band noise of 4 kHz with an intensity level of 107 dB in a soundproof testing room. On Day 1 following acoustic trauma, hearing threshold measurements were repeated. The rats were divided into two groups as the study group (n: 10) and the controls (n: 10). 2 mL/kg/day of Nigella sativa oil was given to the rats in the study group orally. On Day 4 following acoustic trauma, ABR measurements were repeated again. There was no difference between the baseline hearing thresholds of the rats before acoustic trauma (P>0.005). After the acoustic trauma, hearing thresholds were increased and there was no significant statistically difference between the hearing thresholds of the study and control groups (P=0.979). At the 4th day following acoustic trauma, hearing thresholds of the rats in control group were found to be higher than those in the study group (P=0.03). Our results suggest that Nigella sativa oil has a protective effect against acoustic trauma in early period. This finding should be supported with additional experimental and clinical studies, especially to determine the optimal dose, duration and frequency of potential Nigella sativa oil therapy.