[Hearing evaluation in patients suffering from hypercholesterolemia].

The negative influence of hypercholesterolemia on the blood vessels condition and following degeneration lesions of the organs is well known. The aim of our study was to estimate the lipid balance disorders influence on the small blood vessels of the brain and inner ear in the patients with hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia on the base of the audiometric, ABR and TEOAE evaluations. In our study we observed no statistical significant differences between the mean auditory thresholds in the study and control groups as well as statistical negative correlation between cholesterol serum level and amplitudes of TEOAE. In the ABR evaluation we stated the prolonged latency of the wave III and V as well as I-III and III-V interpeaklatencies in the patients with hyperlipidemia in comparison with the control group.