Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Volume - 13 | Issue-1
Objectives: To identify patients in different stages of chronic kidney disease. To correlate the degree of hearing loss in different stages of chronic kidney disease. Method: It is a prospective study done on 50 chronic kidney disease patients in a tertiary care center. Hearing will be assessed using pure tone audiogram and correlation coefficient between different stages of chronic kidney disease and degree of hearing loss will be assessed using chi-square test. Result: There is a statistical positive correlation between higher stages of chronic kidney disease and degree of hearing loss. Conclusion: Statistical significance has been proven, yet future studies has to be done with a larger study population to know it’s practical correlations.