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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2018; 22(03): 313-316
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1603619
Systematic Review
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Hearing Loss in Acromegaly - A Review

Liane Sousa Teixeira
1   Department of Otolaryngology, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Isabelle Braz de Oliveira Silva
2   Hearing Health Division, Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Andre Luiz Lopes Sampaio
1   Department of Otolaryngology, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Carlos Augusto Pires de Oliveira
1   Department of Otolaryngology, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
,
Fayez Bahamad Júnior
3   Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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09 October 2016

01 April 2017

Publication Date:
16 June 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Introduction Acromegaly is a chronic disease caused by growth hormone (GH) excess due to a GH-secreting pituitary adenoma in most cases. There is reasonable data to presume the possible influence of chronic GH and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) hyperproduction on the anatomical structures involved in normal sound perception, and on its conductive and/or sensorineural part.

Objectives To review the literature about acromegaly and hearing loss.

Data Synthesis A systematic literature search was performed using the MEDLINE database, including hand-searching reference lists from original articles. The search was performed using the terms hearing loss and acromegaly, and only 5 studies were found.

Conclusion The results are not consistent, but led to different conclusions. Therefore, more studies with greater numbers of patients with acromegaly are needed.

Keywords

deafness - acromegaly - hearing loss
 

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