Abstract
Turner syndrome is a chromosome disorder in female, and they often have otic complications such as sensorineural hearing loss, auricular malformations and recurrent otitis media. In Japan, however, there were few reports regarding these otic complications in this syndrome. We presented a case of 46-year-old woman who has a progressive hearing loss. Her chief complaints were vertigo and hearing loss, and then her hearing loss has deteriorated after hysterectomy and ovariectomy.
Some recent studies suggested that estrogens may influence the hearing functions. In this case, her hearing deterioration after ovariectomy made us considered that decreasing levels of estrogens was one of the causes of her hearing loss.
