Prevalence of causes of hearing loss in patients referred to Abou Reyhan Day Clinic

Hearing loss is one of the most common causes of patients’ referral to the Ear, Noseand Throat clinics. The development of hearing loss can be acute, subacute or chronic.It is classified into three groups of conductive, sensory neural or mixed hearing lossand is caused by multiple factors. The strategies adopted for management or rehabilitationof these patients depend on the underlying cause and could be medical orsurgical. Here, the prevalence of multiple causes of hearing loss was studied of which,presbycusis was the most prevalent cause. The knowledge of prevalence of multiplecauses of hearing loss is necessary for setting up and organizing of appropriate management and rehabilitation programs.