%0 Journal Article %T Is Hearing Impairment Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis? A Review %A Amir Emamifar %A Inger M.J. Hansen %A Kristine Bjoerndal %J Archive of "The Open Rheumatology Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.2174/1874312901610010026 %X Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory disease that affects 1% of the population. The auditory system may be involved during the course of disease; however the association of RA and hearing impairment has not been clearly defined %K Audiometry %K Conductive hearing loss %K Hearing impairment %K Hearing loss %K Mixed hearing loss %K Sensorineural hearing loss %K Rheumatoid Arthritis %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4797675/