Tinnitus among patients with hypertension.

To evaluate tinnitus as a complaint among patients suffering from hypertension. There were two groups in this project. The first one consisted of 104 individuals with primary hypertension, almost the same number of men and women with average of age 56, the median time of illness 19 years and mean value of blood pressure 138/91 mm Hg. The second group consisted of 21 healthy persons with average blood pressure above z 120/80 mm Hg. 'The single sided tinnitus was present predominantly. About 67.3% of patients suffering from cochlear hearing loss presented tinnitus while only 10.6% of patients suffering from central origin of hearing loss suffered from this symptom. There was no connection between level of vestibular of disorder and tinnitus. Diabetes and hyperlipemia are well known factors as a reason of tinnitus. The hypertension is less known. Some authors are saying that this symptom among hypertension patients is connected with different kind of medicaments. In this work authors tried to find out if there is any connection between hypertension, hearing and vestibular disorders and tinnitus alone. We found that tinnitus among hypertension patients is connected with cochlear origin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]