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ABSTRACT
THE RELATION OF OBTURANS CERUMEN AND CONDUCTIVE
HEARING LOSS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE IN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER
OF MANTANG LOMBOK TENGAH PERIOD OF JANUARY TO
FEBRUARY 2015
In elderly people ceruminal glands were atrophy, product of ceruminal
gland reduced and more dry, thats become obstruction and be obturans cerumen.
Obstruction of ear canal by cerumrn causes the conductive hearing loss. The
purpose of this study is the relation of obturans cerumen and conductive hearing
loss in elderly people in Public Health Center of Mantang Lombok Tengah
period of january to february 2015.
This study is observational analytic with cross sectional method, subject of
this study were 100 elderly people in Public Health Center of Mantang region and
use sistematic random sampling method it work by devided the count of
population with the sample count estimate. Data that used for this study were
primary and secondary, the primary from respondents examination and the
secondary is data from the district. Analysis the results of this study use coeffisient
contingency test.
Coefficient of coefficient contingency test present that were a relation of
obturans cerumen and conductive hearing loss in elderly people with significancy
0,000 (p value < 0,05) and the Ratio Prevalence was 2 (RP > 2), it means elderly
people with obturans cerumen had double possibility to get the conductive
hearing loss.
Key words : Obturans cerumen, conductive hearing loss, elderly people
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