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I came across this article and wanted to share it with the group. I will start wearing hearing aids by the end of this month, thanks to my insurance, and help from the audiologist who evaluated me. After reading the article, Im just curious to know if any of you have hearing problems as well? Here is the article: Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Turkey have had an article e-published ahead of print in the Journal of laryngology and otology discussing a study they carried out assessing contralateral suppression of transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and normal hearing. For the study 24 female Fibro patients and 24 healthy female controls with normal hearing were assessed using pure tone audiometry and transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions. The study found that all the subjects, with and without Fibro, had normal hearing on pure tone audiometry. In the patients with fibromyalgia syndrome, the mean transiently evoked otoacoustic emission amplitude did not change after contralateral suppression, whereas with the controls, the mean transiently evoked otoacoustic emission amplitude was both less than that of the Fibro group, but also decreased after contralateral suppression. The researchers concluded that: “The mechanisms related to contralateral suppression of transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions seem dysfunctional in fibromyalgia syndrome. This dysfunction may be at the brain stem level, where the medial superior olivary complex is located, or at the synapses of medial superior olivary complex fibres with the outer hair cells in the cochlea. Demonstration of lack of contralateral suppression of transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions can be used as a diagnostic tool in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.” This study is interesting for two points: 1, it may explain why tinnitis (which may result from problems with otoacoustic emmissions) is a possible symptom of Fibro. and 2, it offers the possibility of a test for Fibro using hearing examinations! When the world says give up, hope whispers give it one more try... unknown |
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