Health Condition 1: H905- Unspecified sensorineural hearingloss
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Institute of Ayurveda
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Patients willing to participate in the study 2.Patients having specific signs and symptoms of Badhirya (SNHL) as per Ayurvedic and modern parameters will be registered Ayurvedic symptom : Hearing difficulty without discharge ,with or without associated with karnanada and bhrama, Modern:Hearing loss with or without tinnitus and vertigo. 3.Pure tone audiometry findings(sensorineural pattern),and supportive tuning fork tests(Rinne positive,Weber lateralised to better ear) 4.Patients having mild to moderate hearing loss(26-55db) in the better ear as per WHO grading. 5.Patients in the age group of 40-70 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients having any congenital hearing loss. 2.Individuals of SNHL secondary to other diseases like carcinoma, Meniere s disease, otosclerosis. 3.Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension. 4.Perforated TM. 5.Pregnant women. 6.Psychogenic hearing loss. 7.History of intake of ototoxic drugs. 8.Infectious diseases such as measles, meningitis, or any TORCH infection. 9.Hyperlipidaemia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in difficulty in hearing of the patient assessed by using pure tone audiometry(PTA) and HHIA or HHIE.Timepoint: Changes in difficulty in hearing of the patient assessed by using pure tone audiometry(PTA) and HHIA or HHIE at baseline,Day 30 and 45th day | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Changes in tinnitus(karnanada) and vertigo(bhrama)using grading scales.Timepoint: baseline to Day 30,Day 45. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDrNimisha K
National Institute of Ayurveda
Outcome results
None listed