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However, only few studied the new relationship between dental implants and hearing loss.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aims<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To report the effect of a single implant\u2010retained removable complete overdenture in the mandibular jaw on hearing loss of completely edentulous first\u2010time denture wearers with sensorineural hearing loss.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is a case series that reports on the hearing thresholds of four completely edentulous patients at the ages between 55 and 62 years, which were tested before the insertion of a removable complete denture (RCD) and after loading the implant, through pure tone audiometry (PTA) for air and bone conduction in the Audiology Department at Almouwasat Hospital, from 2022 to 2024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Improvements of 5\u201310\u00a0dB in bone conduction thresholds were observed in some of the frequencies. 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