Evaluation of the changes in the hearing system over the years among patients with OSAS using a CPAP device

ABSTRACT

Objective

To evaluate whether patients using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) have improvement or deterioration in their auditory systems.

Methods

Charts of OSAS patients who were followed up at the ENT clinic were retrospectively reviewed starting from 2018. The hearing tests performed at least 2 years before and after CPAP use in patients were compared with themselves and with the test results of patients with no CPAP use.

Results

No improvement in the hearing system on the patients using a CPAP device was detected. Deterioration in hearing was detected in 13.63% and 9.09% of the patients with and without CPAP use, respectively. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups.

Conclusion

The use of a CPAP device does not affect hearing positively or negatively.

KEYWORDS:

• Sleep
• CPAP device
• ASSR
• ABR
• hearing loss

Disclosure statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Author contributions

Concept- M.D.; Design-M.D.; Supervision- M.D.; Materials- T.E., M.D.; Data Collection and/or Processing-T.E.; Analysis and/or Interpretation- M.D., T.E.; Literature Search- T.E.; Writing Manuscript- M.D., T.E.; Critical Review- M.D.

Additional information

Funding

No funding was received for this study.