Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of cigarettes smoking on hearing loss in young adult’s aged ≤ 35
years.
METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional research was carried out in the ENT department of Combined
Military Hospital Hyderabad. The hearing loss was assessed by Audiometry, Whisper test, Rinne's test
and Webbers test. The young healthy adults with no known history of exposure to extreme noise were
included. All the participants which had any type of infections or any otic injury were excluded from
study. The audiometry was performed on the audiometer MAICO-MA39 (Berlin Germany) at Combined
Military Hospital Hyderabad.
RESULTS: In this study, 148 apparently healthy participants were selected, out of 148, 73 were smokers
and 75 were nonsmokers. The age of the participants ranged between 20 to 35 years with the mean age
of smokers 28.99±3.731, and nonsmokers 28.00±4.451 non-smokers. The data collected indicate
significantly higher prevalence of hearing loss in smokers 49.31%, P < 0.01 than in non-smokers
(30.66%). Age of smokers was positively correlated (r = 0.427, P < 0.01) with hearing loss. Frequency of
cigarettes smoked per day was positively correlated (r=0.715, P < 0.01) and year of smoking was also
positively correlated with hearing loss (r = 0.620). The correlation of frequency of cigarette smoking and
duration of smoking with hearing level was extremely significant (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that cigarette smoking is associated with hearing loss in young
adults; this study will be helpful in making public health policies.
Shakil Ahmed Shaikh, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari, Salma Farrukh Memon, Muhammad Ali Bhatti. (2018) Association of Cigarette Smoking with Hearing Loss in Young Male Adults of Hyderabad, Pakistan, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-17, Issue-4.
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