The goal of this observational study is to learn about ototoxicity in patients with a MoM hip arthroplasty. The main question it aims to answer is: • What is the prevalence of hearing loss in patients with high and low plasma metal concentrations.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Cobalt and chromium release from metal-on-metal hip arthroplasties.
Reinier de Graaf Ziekenhuis
Delft, Netherlands
RECRUITINGMid frequency hearing loss
Mid frequency hearing loss will be determined once with a conventional pure-tone audiometry test during a visit of the outpatient clinic
Time frame: Participants will perform a hearing test once during the study, during a visit of the outpatient clinic.
Age
Age will be determined once, during a visit of the outpatient clinic
Time frame: Age will be determined once for each participant, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic
subjective general health and subjective hearing loss measured with the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap questionnaire.
The subjective general health and subjective hearing loss will be determined by Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap. The questionnaire will be completed by the participants once,at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic
Time frame: The questionnaire will be completed once by each participant, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic
BMI
BMI will be dermined once, at time of measurement weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2
Time frame: Lenght and weight will be determined once for each participant, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic
Cobalt serum concentration
Cobalt serum concentration will be dermined once, throught venipuncture, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic.
Time frame: Cobalt serum concentration will be determined once for each participant, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic
Chromium serum concentration
Chromium serum concentration will be dermined once, throught venipuncture, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic.
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Time frame: Chromium serum concentration will be determined once for each participant, at time of the visit of the outpatient clinic