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<italic>Study aim</italic>: The present study investigates the possible relation between the limitation of cervical motion in a patient with cervical spondylosis and hearing impairment.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Cross-sectional research was performed based on 60 participants suffering from cervical spondylosis (CS) selected from an orthopaedic and physiotherapy department. The data collection techniques included questionnaire, electronic tools, measurements with a mechanical device including measuring the cervical range of motion (ROM) by goniometer, and physical examination including pure tone audiometry (PTA) and tympanogram.
<italic>Results</italic>: Right rotation was the most common limitation, which affected 43 patients, followed by left rotation limitation, which was recorded in 40 patients. The extension, left lateral flexion, flexion, and right lateral flexion limitation showed less effect.
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: Left rotation limitation was found to be an independent predictor of hearing impairment especially in men. Age was also a risk factor for sensory neural hearing loss (SNHL). These findings are important in the facilitation of investigating SNHL in cervical spondylosis patients.
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Study aim: The present study investigates the possible relation between the limitation of cervical motion in a patient with cervical spondylosis and hearing impairment.
Material and methods: Cross-sectional research was performed based on 60 participants suffering from cervical spondylosis (CS) selected from an orthopaedic and physiotherapy department. The data collection techniques included questionnaire, electronic tools, measurements with a mechanical device including measuring the cervical range of motion (ROM) by goniometer, and physical examination including pure tone audiometry (PTA) and tympanogram.
Results: Right rotation was the most common limitation, which affected 43 patients, followed by left rotation limitation, which was recorded in 40 patients. The extension, left lateral flexion, flexion, and right lateral flexion limitation showed less effect.
Conclusions: Left rotation limitation was found to be an independent predictor of hearing impairment especially in men. Age was also a risk factor for sensory neural hearing loss (SNHL). These findings are important in the facilitation of investigating SNHL in cervical spondylosis patients.

A study on the association of cervical spondylosis severity, as indicated by cervical motions, with hearing impairment

Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, College of Medicine

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: The present study investigates the possible relation between the limitation of cervical motion in a patient with cervical spondylosis and hearing...

A study on the association of cervical spondylosis severity, as indicated by cervical motions, with hearing impairment

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 43 - 48

Received: Oct 14, 2019

Accepted: Dec 03, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0006

Keywords
Hearing loss, Hearing impairment, Cervical spondylosis, Pure tone audiometry, Range of motion

© 2021 Bashaer Hameed Karam et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A study on the association of cervical spondylosis severity, as indicated by cervical motions, with hearing impairment

Published Online: Jan 29, 2021

Page range: 43 - 48

Received: Oct 14, 2019

Accepted: Dec 03, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0006

KeywordsHearing loss, Hearing impairment, Cervical spondylosis, Pure tone audiometry, Range of motion

© 2021 Bashaer Hameed Karam et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Hearing loss, Hearing impairment, Cervical spondylosis, Pure tone audiometry, Range of motion