Recruitment phenomenon is seen in?
Correct Answer: Meniere's disease
Description: Recruitment Phenomenon
It is a phenomenon of abnormal growth of loudness Q
The ear which does not hear low intensity sound begins to hear greater intensity sounds as loud or even louder than normal hearing ear.
Thus a loud sound which is tolerable in normal ear may grow to abnormal levels of loudness in the recruiting ear and thus become intolerable Q
Recruitment is typically seen in lesions of cochlea Q i.e. Meniere’s disease Q, presbycusis. Q
Patients with recruitment are poor candidates for hearing aids. Q
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