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Review
. 2018 Mar;13(1):1-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.joto.2017.10.002. Epub 2017 Oct 26.

An update on hearing impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

A Emamifar  1   2 , I M J Hansen  2   3
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An update on hearing impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

A Emamifar et al. J Otol. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, autoimmune disease that present with intra-articular and extra-articular manifestations. Auditory system may be involved during the course of RA disease due to numbers of pathologies. The link between hearing impairment and RA has been discussed in the previous literature. In this study we provide an update on the clinical aspect of hearing impairment in RA. We suggest to test hearing in all newly diagnosed RA patients at diagnosis as well as regularly during the course of disease.

Keywords: Audiometry; Hearing impairment; Hearing loss; Rheumatoid arthritis.

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Possible sites for arthritis in the ear (shown by blue arrows).
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