CONCLUSION:
We investigated the hearing thresholds of medical students using PTA.
Majority of students demonstrated low frequency SNHL. These findings are
contrary to the conventionally described high frequency hearing loss in
noise trauma. This indicates that acoustic trauma not only affects high
frequencies but can also impact other hearing thresholds as well and
needs hearing rehabilitation accordingly. Moreover, protective measures
should be taken to avoid this type of hearing loss which is completely
preventable.