ArticlePreventive medicine2011
Modifiable determinants of hearing impairment in adults.
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- Generational Differences in Audiometric and Self-Reported Hearing and Hearing Aid Use.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025Article
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- Demographic factors impact the rate of hearing decline across the adult lifespan.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of self-reported hearing loss, tinnitus, and dizziness in a population-based sample from rural northeastern Germany.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Self-reported dual sensory impairment and related factors: a European population-based cross-sectional survey.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Associations of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use With Cognition, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Depressive Symptoms.Journal of aging and health · 2023Article
- Lifestyle and factors of vascular and metabolic health and inflammation are associated with sensorineural-neurocognitive aging in older adults.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2023Article
- The α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: a compelling drug target for hearing loss?Expert opinion on therapeutic targets · 2022Review
- Hearing loss and physical function in the general population: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Association of all Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality With Hearing Loss Among US Adults: A Secondary Analysis Study.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Generational Differences in the 10-year Incidence of Impaired Contrast Sensitivity.Ophthalmic epidemiology · 2021Article
- Explaining better hearing in Norway: a comparison of two cohorts 20 years apart - the HUNT study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Epidemiology of Diabetes and Hearing Loss.Seminars in hearing · 2019Review
- Evaluation and Management of Patients with Diabetes and Hearing Loss.Seminars in hearing · 2019Review
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- Association of Nutritional Factors with Hearing Loss.Nutrients · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify factors contributing to the declining prevalence of hearing impairment in more recent generations.
methodsWe used data on hearing thresholds and potential risk factors of hearing impairment collected from studies in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (1993-1995, n=3753; 1998-2000, n=2800 and 2003-2005, n=2395), the concurrent Beaver Dam Eye Study on the same cohort, and a subgroup (n=2173) of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study (2005-2008).
resultsEducational attainment significantly reduced the odds ratio (OR) of the birth cohort effect on hearing impairment from 0.90 to 0.93, while a history of ear infection had a reverse effect on the decreasing trend (significantly changing the OR from 0.93 to 0.94). Occupational noise exposure, smoking, and a history of cardiovascular disease, while associated with hearing impairment, did not attenuate the cohort effect. The cohort effect remained significant after known risk factors were adjusted (OR=0.93; 95% confidence interval, 0.89-0.97).
conclusionThese data provide strong evidence that environmental, lifestyle, or other modifiable factors contribute to the etiology of hearing impairment and add support to the idea that hearing impairment in adults may be prevented or delayed.
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