Screening for hearing loss in the setting of primary care, and the most common used tests

Authors

  • Ohoud Adel Turkistani Department of Family Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Wjdan Abduljlil Al Arqan College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Rania Saad Alkhaibry College of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
  • Yazan Adnan Ayoub College of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Rawan Mesfer Alhuthali College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Hussain Ali Alsayegh College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
  • Kholoud Khaled Momenah Home Healthcare Administration, Directorate of Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohammed Hamad Al Mansour College of Medicine, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • Mohannad Sami Felemban Department of Emergency Medicine, King Faisal Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Ali Alqahtani Department of Emergency Medicine, King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Jasem Mohammad Ameen College of Medicine, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214788

Keywords:

Hearing loss, Deafness, Primary care, Audiology

Abstract

Hearing loss is considered among the most common chronic disorders affecting people worldwide, especially older adults and geriatrics. More than half of older adults have age-related hearing loss, which worsens with age. The role of public health to estimate and manage the issue is crucial as early screening and management for hearing loss patients can be promising. The symptoms and signs of hearing loss can appear one up to two years before the significant hearing affection. Major lessons learned from this review are that elderly individuals and geriatrics are the most common targeted population for age-related hearing loss, followed by ear wax accumulation. Therefore, routine checkup for people who are 50 years for audiological disorders is a must. Associated disorders secondary to hearing loss include depression and anxiety, which significantly burden productivity over time. To our knowledge, we performed the first complex review regarding the screening for hearing loss within the setting of primary care centers and mentioned the most standard test used to diagnose and detect the issue as early as possible.

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Published

2021-12-27

How to Cite

Turkistani, O. A., Arqan, W. A. A., Alkhaibry, R. S., Ayoub, Y. A., Alhuthali, R. M., Alsayegh, H. A., Momenah, K. K., Mansour, M. H. A., Felemban, M. S., Alqahtani, A. A., & Ameen, J. M. (2021). Screening for hearing loss in the setting of primary care, and the most common used tests. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 9(1), 389–393. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214788

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022): January 2022

Section

Review Articles