Is There a Relationship Between Bone Quality and Hearing Level? 2018

Seung Yeol Lee, and Hyung Sun Hong, and Seung-Chan Yang, and Kyu-Sung Kim, and Hyun Ji Kim
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul.

This study evaluated the correlation between skull bone attenuation on temporal bone computed tomography (CT) and bone mineral density (BMD) of the central skeleton on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and the correlation between bone quality and hearing level. Retrospective observational. Tertiary referral center. One hundred and one ears of 101 patients who underwent temporal bone CT and DXA with pure tone audiometry within 3 months of CT. Bone quality was measured by both bone attenuation of the clivus and petrous apex by setting a circular region of interest and by the cortical thickness of the occipital bone on CT. Partial correlation analysis was used to assess the correlation between bone quality around the skull on CT and BMD in the central skeleton after adjusting for age and sex. Partial correlations between pure tone audiometry and CT/DXA results were sought. There was no significant correlation between measurements on CT and BMD on DXA. The hearing level partially correlated with BMD on DXA. The average threshold of bone conduction showed a significant correlation with BMD at the femoral neck (correlation coefficient -0.241, p = 0.020) and trochanter (correlation coefficient -0.244, p = 0.018), but there was no significant correlation between the average threshold of bone conduction and BMD at the lumbar spine (p = 0.177-0.332). We could not find a relationship between hearing loss and bone quality. Hearing levels can be affected by various factors, so further studies are needed to assess regional temporal bone quality.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001301 Audiometry, Pure-Tone Measurement of hearing based on the use of pure tones of various frequencies and intensities as auditory stimuli. Audiometry, Bekesy,Audiometry, Pure Tone,Bekesy Audiometry,Pure-Tone Audiometry
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D013701 Temporal Bone Either of a pair of compound bones forming the lateral (left and right) surfaces and base of the skull which contains the organs of hearing. It is a large bone formed by the fusion of parts: the squamous (the flattened anterior-superior part), the tympanic (the curved anterior-inferior part), the mastoid (the irregular posterior portion), and the petrous (the part at the base of the skull). Stylomastoid Foramen,Bone, Temporal,Temporal Bones
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography

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