High Prevalence of Hearing Impairment in Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism.

Conductive hearing impairment Deafness Hearing impairment Primary congenital hypothyroidism Sensorineural hearing impairment

Journal

European thyroid journal
ISSN: 2235-0640
Titre abrégé: Eur Thyroid J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101604579

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 23 04 2020
accepted: 28 06 2020
entrez: 28 6 2021
pubmed: 29 6 2021
medline: 29 6 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

An association between hearing impairment (HI) and congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been reported previously. However, in general, studies were retrospective and had small sample sizes, and the results were variable and inconclusive. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of HI among patients with CH and to examine factors potentially predictive of HI including severity of CH, etiology of CH, and timing of treatment initiation. Audiometry was undertaken prospectively in 66 patients aged 3-21 years diagnosed with primary CH and 49 healthy matched controls. All patients with HI underwent examination by an otolaryngologist, and in patients with sensorineural loss, brainstem evoked response audiometry was performed. A next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for genes involved in deafness was performed in patients with sensorineural HI to exclude additional genetic etiologies. HI was found in 19 patients (28.7%). Among them, 5 (7.6%) had moderate to severe bilateral sensorineural impairment and 14 (21.2%) had mild conductive HI. Conductive HI was bilateral in 5 of these patients (36%). None of the controls had HI. No specific etiology was found in patients with HI, and no differences were identified in age at diagnosis, age at initiation of levothyroxine (LT Our findings indicate a high prevalence of HI among patients with CH, predominantly of the conductive type. HI was not associated with the etiology of CH or with delayed initiation of LT

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
An association between hearing impairment (HI) and congenital hypothyroidism (CH) has been reported previously. However, in general, studies were retrospective and had small sample sizes, and the results were variable and inconclusive. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of HI among patients with CH and to examine factors potentially predictive of HI including severity of CH, etiology of CH, and timing of treatment initiation.
METHODS METHODS
Audiometry was undertaken prospectively in 66 patients aged 3-21 years diagnosed with primary CH and 49 healthy matched controls. All patients with HI underwent examination by an otolaryngologist, and in patients with sensorineural loss, brainstem evoked response audiometry was performed. A next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for genes involved in deafness was performed in patients with sensorineural HI to exclude additional genetic etiologies.
RESULTS RESULTS
HI was found in 19 patients (28.7%). Among them, 5 (7.6%) had moderate to severe bilateral sensorineural impairment and 14 (21.2%) had mild conductive HI. Conductive HI was bilateral in 5 of these patients (36%). None of the controls had HI. No specific etiology was found in patients with HI, and no differences were identified in age at diagnosis, age at initiation of levothyroxine (LT
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our findings indicate a high prevalence of HI among patients with CH, predominantly of the conductive type. HI was not associated with the etiology of CH or with delayed initiation of LT

Identifiants

pubmed: 34178707
doi: 10.1159/000509775
pii: etj-0010-0215
pmc: PMC8216036
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

215-221

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 by S. Karger AG, Basel.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

All authors have nothing to disclose.

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Auteurs

Tal Almagor (T)

Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Shoshana Rath (S)

Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Dan Nachtigal (D)

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Zohara Sharroni (Z)

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Ghadir Elias-Assad (G)

Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Ora Hess (O)

Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Gilad Havazelet (G)

Clalit Health Services, North District, Israel.

Yoav Zehavi (Y)

Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Ronen Spiegel (R)

Pediatric Department B, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Dani Bercovich (D)

Faculty of Medical Science, Tel Hai Academic College Upper Galilee, Tel Hai, Israel.
GGA - Galil Genetic Analysis Laboratory Ltd., Kazerin, Israel.

Shlomo Almashanu (S)

The National Newborn Screening Program, Ministry of Health, Tel-HaShomer, Israel.

Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover (Y)

Pediatric Endocrine Institute, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

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