01224nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653002600069653001100095653002200106653001100128653001200139653000900151653002800160653003700188100001300225700001200238700001200250700001100262700001100273700001400284245004000298300000900338490000700347050003200354520051000386022001400896       1987                            d  c1987 Jan-Mar10aAdult10aAudiometry, Pure-Tone10aFemale10aHearing Disorders10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aVestibulocochlear Nerve10aVestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases1 aMann S B1 aKumar B1 aYande R1 aKaur S1 aKaur I1 aMehra Y N00aEighth nerve evaluation in leprosy.  a20-50 v59  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>25 cases of bacillary positive leprosy patients and 25 age and sex matched controls were investigated for assessment of cochleo-vestibular status. Impaired hearing was complained of by 4 patients. None had tinnitus, dizziness or vertigo. On testing 44% patients were found to have unilateral or bilateral perceptive deafness. Specialised tests of hearing indicated that the deafness was of cochlear type. The vestibular functions were not affected. Leprosy seems to selectively involve the cochlea.</p>  a0254-9395