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Effect of electroconvulsive therapy on patients hearing under treatment with ECT in Moradi hospital of Rafsanjan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

A. Goshiri ,
M.R. Mokhtari ,
P. Aghamohammad Hassani  and
A. Sayyadi
A. Goshiri
Affiliation:
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
M.R. Mokhtari
Affiliation:
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
P. Aghamohammad Hassani
Affiliation:
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
A. Sayyadi
Affiliation:
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran

Abstract

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Background

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is widely and effectively used to treat psychiatric disorders. When electrodes are placed on both sides of the head on temporal bones it is unclear whether ECT affect on hearing system because hearing system situated in temporal lobe. Whereas these electrodes are placed on temporal bone and hearing system in TEMPORAL LOBE this study was designed.

Methods

We studied the effects of electroconvulsive shock on hearing system. Audiometric tests were performed in 15 adult patients with major depression under treatment with ECT before and 24 h after ECT.

Results

Hearing was decreased at 24 hours after ECT about 5 db. Right ear was affected more and the most changes were observed at 8000 khz.

Conclusions

It appears that electroconvulsive shock has early effects on hearing system. Further studies should be performed with more cases and Delayed effects should be investigated.

Type
P03-553
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 26 , Issue S2: Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2011 , pp. 1723
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2011
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