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The Allahabad Farmer Vol. LXVIII, January - 2013 No. 2Audiological profile in Women using prolongedOral ContraceptiveApala Gupta • , Prema Devi • and V.P. Sah ABSTRACTIt is only in the last two decades that people have been able to be provided withsafe and effective means of controlling their fertility with the safe guard. Thereis some physical alteration along with the most vital auditory and vestibularmechanism.AIM : To profile the effect of oral contraceptive on audition and vestibularsystem.METHODOLOGY : The study has been carried out with subjects of 10 healthyFemale OCP users since minimum of 6 month period between the age of 25-35yrs old, with out any significant medical history. a screening questionnaireadmistered to rule out the detailed case history. All the subjects were followedan ENT evaluation along Audiological test battery, including PTA, SPEECHAUDIOMETRY and IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY.RESULT : The following study shows that the OCP user represents variouspathophysiological alteration in auditory and vestibular sensation, represntingssigns of decrease sensitivity of hearing; however the alterations are depends onthe prolongations of OCP.TERMINOLOGY- OCP- Oral contraceptive pillsINTRODUCTIONNearly 40% of married women in the country have adopted measures, 36% usingmodern methods and 4% relaying on traditional techniques, according to the nationalfamily health survey (NFHS).1992-93 conducted by the international institute for populationsciences, Bombay for the union ministry of health and family welfare the survey covers24 states.•BASLP III, • MASLP, Asst Director•, • , Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicap, New Delhi116