¸ñÀû: To see the changes in hearing thresholds
in pregnancy.
¹æ¹ý:A prospective hospital based observational
study was performed with total 69 subjects
in age group of 18-40 years. Subjects
underwent hearing assessment twice during
the study period. Conventional pure tone
audiometry and impedance audiometry was
performed, first during the antepartum
period (28-32 weeks of gestational age)
and second time during the postpartum
period (6 weeks postpartum).
°á°ú:Significant difference was seen between
the average of air conduction threshold
values at speech frequencies when
antepartum values were compared with
postpartum values.
°á·Ð:The alterations in hearing sensitivity in
pregnant females which improved during the
postpartum period can be attributed to
pregnancy.
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