Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ENT UPDATES, cilt.11, 2021 (ESCI)
Background: Noise and light sensitivities are typical symptoms for migraine attack type
headaches. Sometimes, these sensitivities can be observed without these attacks as
well. The purpose of this study was to analyze sensitivity to noise in migraine patients.
Method: In the study, 30 patients with no hearing loss who were being followed-up
for their migraine illness, and 30 patients with similar demographic characteristics
who did not have migraine, were included. The patients were given a hearing test and
their hearing thresholds were determined. All of the patients were administered the
Weinstein Noise Sensitivity Scale. The demographic data and noise sensitivity levels
of the 2 groups were compared.
Result: The mean score on the Weinstein Noise Sensitivity Scale was observed as
89.47 ± 14.66 in the group without migraine, and as 93.34 ± 12.61 in the group with
migraine. Although there was no statistically significant difference between the
mean scale scores of 2 groups, the mean result of migraine group was found higher in
migraine group. When 2 groups were compared with respect to the noise sensitivity
subgroup, which has 99 and higher scores, the migraine group was found to be statistically different from control group.
Conclusion: It was observed in this study that migraine patients experience noise sensitivity even without acute attacks. It is considered that preliminary information can
be obtained about how the auditory and sensory pathways are affected in migraine
patients, by using scales, similar to the noise sensitivity scale.
Keywords: Migraine, noise sensitivity, questionnaire survey