There has been a steady increase in the prevalence of hearing loss among people in many countries around the world. One of the main reasons for this negative trend is the growing life expectancy and increasing proportion of the elderly people, which leads to an increase in the number of ...
Hearing loss in adults: relation to age, sex, exposure to loud noise, and cigarette smoking. 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 81 作者:AB Siegelaub,GD Friedman,K Adour,CC Seltzer 摘要: Auditory sensitivity was studied in 33,146 white men and women age 30 to 59 years in relation to ...
Hearing loss among U.S. adults aged 20 to 69 has declined over the last decade, even as the number of older Americans continues to grow. These findings, published today inJAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, also confirm that hearing loss is strongly associated with age and other demograp...
Tinnitus is sometimes the first sign of hearing loss in older adults. Tinnitus can accompany any type of hearing loss and can be a sign of other health problems, such as high blood pressure, allergies, or as a side effect of medications. Tinnitus is a symptom, not a disease. Something ...
Patients with severe hearing loss in their teens and 30s are more likely to have hereditary hearing loss known as enlarged vestibular aqueduct. According to a new study, cochlear implant surgery at this age tends to have a better prognosis compared to wh
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Hearing Loss in Older Adults.The author discusses the flaws in the approach to studying and treating age-related hearing loss (ARHL) in older adults (OA) in the U.S. He comments on the lack of key public health problems that emphasize the importance of educating the public and the ...
However, the 2-kHz frequency has been included in the low-frequency category and the 15-dB threshold has been used more consistently to define hearing loss in studies of children and young adults.5,6,10 In this study, the significant increase in prevalence of hearing loss defined by ...
Self‐Reported Hearing Loss in Older Adults Is Associated with Future Decline in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living but Not in Social Participation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012: 60(7): 1304-1309.Yamada, M.; Nishiwaki, Y.; Michikawa, T.; Takebayashi, T. Self-reported hearing loss in ...
In adults, noise control, safe listening together with good ear health can help maintain good hearing and reduce the potential for hearing loss.Identification is the first step in dealing with hearing loss. Clinical screening at strategic points in life ensure that any loss of hearing and ear ...