Examination of Hearing in Alcoholics

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Abstract
90 alcoholics were examined at Bjornebekk kursted, As, Norway. 5 patients had chronic otitis media, 2 had been treated with streptomycin in major doses, and these were not included in the survey. Among the remaining 83 patients 14 were found to have hearing losses, 9 of those had been exposed to noise and 2 to detonation injury It is discussed, whether alcohol adds to the susceptibility of the organ of Corti and so makes it more vulnerable to acoustic trauma, or whether special occupations in the present group of patients might account for an incidence of occupational deafness higher than that which is found in the average population. There was no case of hearing loss to be explained as due to the effect of alcohol only.

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