Trends in Clinical and Medical Sciences

Special issue: Recent developments of medical and surgical research (2023), pp. 440 – 452
ISSN: 2791-0814 (online) 2791-0806 (Print)
DOI: 10.30538/psrp-tmcs2023.si-rdmsr061

Mastoid volume and its effects on extended high frequency hearing

Srikanth\(^{1,*}\), Deepak K S\(^{1}\), Sandeep S\(^{2}\), Hemanth N\(^{3}\) and Minsha Fathima N\(^{1}\)
\(^{1}\) Department of Radiodiagnosis, JSS Medical College, Mysore-570015.
\(^{2}\) Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), JSS Medical College, Mysore-570015.
\(^{3}\) JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore -570004.
Correspondence should be addressed to Srikanth at shrikanthbawgi@gmail.com

Copyright © 2023 Srikanth, Deepak K S, Sandeep S, Hemanth N and Minsha Fathima N. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: March 23, 2023 – Accepted: May 3, 2023 – Published: May 5, 2023

Abstract

This cross-sectional analytical study aimed to investigate the possible association between extended high-frequency hearing and mastoid pneumatization. A total of 206 patients were involved in the study, and a statistically significant difference was found that the patients with higher mean mastoid volume had a response to that particular frequency when compared to patients with lesser mean mastoid volume in both the right and left ear. However, there was no statistically significant association between various age groups and responses and between gender and responses at all frequencies. The study concludes that there is a correlation between mastoid pneumatization and extended high-frequency hearing.

Keywords:

Mastoid; Pneumatization; Gender; Frequency.