Hearing and sex: an analytical study

Authors

  • Neeti Bhat Department of Clinical Physiology, Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences
  • Narayan Bahadur Mahotra Department of Clinical Physiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Insititute of Medicine, TU
  • Lava Shrestha Department of Clinical Physiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Insititute of Medicine, TU
  • Prashant Tripathi Department of ENT - Head and Neck Surgery, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Insititute of Medicine, TU
  • Tirtha Man Shrestha Department of Emergency Medicine and General Practice, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Insititute of Medicine, TU
  • Alina Karna Department of Lab Medicine, Madan Bhandari Academy of Health Sciences
  • Mudit Gupta Department of ENT- Head and Neck Surgery, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical & Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jpsn.v2i2.50173

Keywords:

Audiometry, Hearing loss, Sex

Abstract

Background: Auditory differences among male and female is an underexplored topic. Sex-specific process of evolution has lead to differences in the physiology of male and female. For a long time, health equity has been confronted due to unawareness among health care providers that the findings are usually derived from research conducted among male. The objective of this study was to find differences in hearing threshold among healthy male and female. 

Materials and Methods:This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted on age-matched male and female groups. Independent student's t-test was used to compare hearing thresholds at different frequencies between males and females. 

Result:There were 23 males, and 23 age-matched females recruited in the study. The mean age of male participants was 52.65±14.41 years, and that of female participants was  51.41±11.34 years. The differences in hearing threshold were not statistically significant at 250 Hertz, 500 Hertz, 1000 Hz, 2000 Hz, 3000 Hz, 4000 Hz and 8000 Hz of both ears. However, a higher threshold was observed in females at most frequencies.

Conclusion: Although the hearing threshold was higher among females, observed differences in the hearing threshold between males and females were not significant.

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Published

2021-12-31

How to Cite

Bhat, N., Mahotra, N. B., Shrestha, L., Tripathi, P., Shrestha, T. M., Karna, A., & Gupta, M. (2021). Hearing and sex: an analytical study. Journal of Physiological Society of Nepal, 2(2), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.3126/jpsn.v2i2.50173

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