Audiological evaluation performed to patients on hyperbaric oxygen therapy to see its effects on middle ear pressure
Thirty patients will be recruited from center pf hyperbaric oxygen therapy Every patient who received HBOT was submitted for Demographic data:age,gender,condition raquiring HBOT,use of analgesics,history of diabets ,cardiovascular or respiratory disease ,psychatric illness,smoking history facial/ENT problems and previous HBOT problems then tympanometry and basic pure tone audiometry including air and bone conduction is done following each of the first five treatment
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
Patients already on treatment by hyperbaric oxygen therapy for medical conditions requiring treatment by it
Assiut university
Asyut, Egypt
Changing in middle ear pressure
Measuring middle ear pressure before exposure ro hyperbaric oxygen and following each of the first five treatments
Time frame: Through completion of study after 2 years
Eman A Elgendy, Professor
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