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Celiac disease and sensorineural hearing loss in children
Fevzi Solmaz1, Fatih Unal, Tayfun Apuhan
1Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, M H Bursa Sevket Yilmaz Research and Training Hospital, Medicine Faculty of Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
Conclusion:
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a neurological situation and celiac disease (CD) may be seen coincidentally. Children with clinical signs of hearing deficiency of unknown etiology should be assessed for CD.
Objective:
CD is a chronic inflammatory gluten-dependent intestinal disease and has extraintestinal findings. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of CD and SNHL in our pediatric patients.
Methods:
A total of 25 pediatric patients (50 ears) with biopsy-proven CD were diagnosed in the pediatric gastroenterology department; 25 healthy control subjects (50 ears) were also included in the study. All subjects underwent pure tone audiometry at frequencies of 250-8000 Hz and tympanometry.
Results:
In the patients and controls, normal peak compliance, gradient, peak pressure, ear canal volume, and acoustic reflexes were obtained by tympanometry. There was no air-bone gap in any of the participants. There was a statistically significant difference between the audiometric results in the CD and control groups (right ear and left ear) (p < 0.05).
