Prevalence of Pre-Existing Hearing Loss Among Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in South Africa.

Conclusion Pre-existing hearing loss is common among patients presenting for DR-TB treatment in South Africa, and those older than the age of 50 years or who had prior second-line TB treatment history were at highest risk. PMID: 32320639 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: American Journal of Audiology - April 21, 2020 Category: Audiology Authors: Hong H, Dowdy DW, Dooley KE, Francis HW, Budhathoki C, Han HR, Farley JE Tags: Am J Audiol Source Type: research