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. 2000 May;200(5):271-4.

[Hearing loss and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Study of 30 patients]

[Article in Spanish]
N Mata Castro  1 , M Yebra Bango, P Tutor de Ureta, M Villarreal García-Lomas, F García López
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  • PMID: 10901005

[Hearing loss and human immunodeficiency virus infection. Study of 30 patients]

[Article in Spanish]
N Mata Castro et al. Rev Clin Esp. 2000 May.

Abstract

Objective: To asses hearing loss in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and its relationship with clinical stage (fulfillment of diagnostic criteria for human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/AIDS) and degree of lymphocyte depletion (number of CD4+ lymphocytes).

Methods: Assessment of thirty consecutive HIV-infected patients regarding the presence of subjective hearing loss, pure-tone audiometry, brain stem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP); and number of CD4+ lymphocytes and treatment with antiretroviral drugs.

Results: Forty percent of patients reported hearing loss; 33% had an abnormal audiometry and BAEPs were abnormal in 56% of patients. The most common findings included high-frequency sensorineural loss and an increase in the wave III latency and interaural I-V difference. Subjective hearing loss and an abnormal audiometry were both related to the administration of antiretroviral drugs, whereas abnormal BAEPs were related to AIDS and low CD4+ lymphocyte counts.

Conclusions: In HIV infected patients, an abnormal BAEP is the most common audiologic disorder, particularly in the advanced stages of the disease.

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