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The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and severity of hearing impairments among women with SBIs and to explore potential improvements in their hearing capability following implant removal. Symptomatic women with SBIs (n = 160) underwent an initial anamnestic interview, and women who reported hearing impairments were selected for the study. These women completed self-report telephone questionnaires regarding their hearing difficulties. Some of these women underwent subjective and objective hearing tests. Out of 159 (50.3%) symptomatic women with SBIs, 80 reported hearing impairments, including hearing loss (44\/80; 55%) and tinnitus (45\/80; 56.2%). Five out of seven (71.4%) women who underwent an audiologic evaluation exhibited hearing loss. Of women who underwent silicone implant removal, 27 out of 47 (57.4%) reported the improvement or resolution of their hearing complaints. In conclusion, hearing impairment is a frequent complaint among symptomatic women with SBIs, and tinnitus was found to be the most common complaint. A significant reduction in hearing difficulties was observed following silicone implant removal. Further studies using larger populations are needed to verify the occurrence of hearing impairments in these women.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diseases11010031","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,10]],"date-time":"2023-02-10T02:33:27Z","timestamp":1675996407000},"page":"31","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The Prevalence of Hearing Impairments in Women with Silicone Breast Implants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Assaf","family":"Greenbaum","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gilad","family":"Halpert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3300-3676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arad","family":"Dotan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"},{"name":"Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6195001, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shaked","family":"Shivatzki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Harald","family":"Heidecke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CellTrend GmbH, 14943 Luckenwalde, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ricky","family":"Kaplan Neeman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hearing, Speech, and Language Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6195001, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Ehrenfeld","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amit","family":"Wolfovitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5406-7716","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Howard","family":"Amital","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"},{"name":"Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6195001, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Medicine \u2018B\u2019, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yael","family":"Henkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hearing, Speech, and Language Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"},{"name":"Department of Communication Disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6195001, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yehuda","family":"Shoenfeld","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 5262000, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2638","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.1993.00410230048007","article-title":"Silicone breast implants. 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