EVALUATION OF STIFFNESS OF THE VESSELS IN THE NATURE OF HEARING LOSS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION
Hearing loss in patients of the older age group is a common problem which contributes to both age-related changes and cardiovascular disorders in the history. The aim of the work was to assess the stiffness of the vascular wall in elderly patients with arterial hypertension in the presence and absence of complaints of hearing. The study involved 40 patients who in addition to the hearing study were measured the stiffness of the vascular wall on the VaSera VS-1000 device (Fukuda Denshi, Japan). The results show that the absence of complaints of hearing loss does not exclude the possibility of hearing disorders. In 75% of cases the correlation between vascular stiffness and the intensity of auditory disorders was revealed.