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Dr, Department of Rehabilitation Science, King saud university, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Case Report
Nicotine-Induced Hearing Loss among Young Saudi Male Students
Author(s): Wahab O. Owolawi* and Vincent A. Adekoya
Background: Cigarette smoking and its physiologic effect is well documented in clinical literature. Other audiologic
studies have equally established a link between smoking and auditory disorders.
Aim and objective: This paper aims to draw a simple audiometric comparison between two groups of young adultssmoking
and non-smoking young Saudi male students.
Materials and methods: A total of forty (40) healthy male university students of age range 18-24 and mean of 21
voluntarily participated in the study. Audiometric findings of seven smokers age-matched with thirty-three nonsmokers
were examined in the study. A researcher designed questionnaire, ‘Audiological Profile of Chronic Cigarette
Smokers Questionnaire’ (APCCSQ) was administered on all the volunteer participants after its face and conte.. View More»
DOI:
10.37421/2375-4427.2021.9.216