Etiology and Clinical Characteristics of Conductive Hearing Loss at a Tertiary Hospital in Sudan

Conductive hearing loss (CHL) is a significant contributor to hearing impairment, especially in low-income settings. Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is often a dominant cause in developing regions. This study examined the causes and clinical profiles of patients with CHL at Khartoum Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Hospital....

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Clinicians working in or supporting low-resource settings should be aware that chronic suppurative otitis media dominates conductive hearing loss etiology there, reinforcing the need for infection-prevention and early treatment programs over device-first approaches.

Characterizing the leading causes of conductive hearing loss in sub-Saharan African tertiary settings highlights a major global hearing health equity gap driven by preventable, infection-related pathology.

1. 01Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) — a long-term infected, draining ear — was the leading cause of conductive hearing loss in the study cohort.
2. 02Data were collected at a tertiary hospital in Sudan, representing a low-income healthcare context.
3. 03Study characterizes both the causes (etiology) and clinical features of affected patients.
4. 04Findings underscore the burden of preventable ear disease in resource-limited settings.
5. 05Published in Cureus; retrospective or cross-sectional design implied by tertiary-hospital case characterization.

PMID

42609777

DOI

10.7759/cureus.112896.

Journal

Cureus

Publication type

research_article

Evidence level

4

Population

Patients presenting with conductive hearing loss at a tertiary hospital in Sudan

Intervention

Characterization of etiology and clinical features of conductive hearing loss