Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Mar;55(3):388-392. doi: 10.1002/eat.23667. Epub 2022 Jan 6.
To assess for the prevalence of autophony, a distressing auditory symptom commonly attributed to patulous eustachian tube, in a cohort of individuals with severe malnourishment due to an eating disorder.
A cross-sectional survey study was performed. Patients admitted for inpatient medical stabilization of an eating disorder, who were also at low body weight, were asked to complete a survey assessing aural symptoms present in the previous 24 hr, including autophony. Anthropometric data and prealbumin levels were collected.
Of 101 patients enrolled, 43 (42.6%) reported symptoms of autophony. The presence of autophony was associated with lower serum prealbumin levels and lower body weight as measured by percentage of ideal body weight.
Autophony is a commonly reported, albeit rarely discussed, symptom in individuals with severe eating disorders and correlates with degree of malnutrition.
评估因饮食失调而严重营养不良的患者中，常归因于咽鼓管扩张的令人痛苦的听觉症状自声现象的患病率。
进行了一项横断面调查研究。对因饮食失调而住院接受医学稳定治疗且体重过低的患者进行问卷调查，评估他们在过去 24 小时内出现的耳症状，包括自声现象。收集人体测量学数据和前白蛋白水平。
在纳入的 101 名患者中，43 名（42.6%）报告有自声现象。自声现象的存在与血清前白蛋白水平较低以及以理想体重百分比衡量的体重较低有关。
自声现象是一种在患有严重饮食失调症的患者中常见但很少讨论的症状，与营养不良的程度相关。
