Abstract:Abstract:ObjectiveTo summarize the relationship between tinnitus and different types of hearing loss, as well as the therapeutic effect of tinnitus accompanied by different types of hearing loss via studying the relationship between tinnitus and hearing loss.MethodsFrom January 2016 to June 2017, 188 patients admitted to our department due to “innitus” or “earing loss accompanied by tinnitus”. Of them, 102 were male and 86 were female, aged from 23 to 62 years old with an average of 44. Tinnitus was bilateral in 65 cases and unilateral in 123. All patients received pure tone audiometry and tinnitus check at the time of admission. All the patients were grouped according to the type of hearing curve. Of them, 12 had normal hearing, 36 had low frequency hearing loss, 84 had high frequency hearing loss, 42 had flat hearing loss and 14 had total hearing loss. They were treated with neurotrophic drugs, improving circulation agents and hormone shock therapy. All patients were examined for hearing and tinnitus on the day of admission, the 3rd, 5th and 10th day of treatment. The therapeutic effect of tinnitus was compared among different groups.ResultsAnalysis showed statistically significant differences among the constituent ratios of different groups(P<0.05). The effective rates of tinnitus were 91.67%(11/12), 83.33%(30/36), 54.76%(46/84), 69.05%(29/42) and 28.57% (4/14) respectively in the groups with normal hearing, low frequency hearing loss, high frequency hearing loss, flat type hearing loss and total hearing loss. And the differences among different groups were all statistically significant (all P<0.05).ConclusionsThe incidence rate of tinnitus is the highest in patients with high frequency hearing loss and lowest in those with normal hearing. Patients with normal hearing and low frequency hearing loss have the highest therapeutic efficiency, while those with high frequency and total hearing loss have poor therapeutic effect.