ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2022
Sleep Characteristics and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006.
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- Association between Sleep Duration and Presbycusis in Korean Adults: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Korean journal of family medicine · 2023Article
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- Association of nocturnal sleep duration and midday napping with subjective poor hearing among middle-aged and older adults in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Diet and Lifestyle on Audio-Vestibular Dysfunction in the Elderly: A Literature Review.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Association of sleep duration and noise exposure with hearing loss among Chinese and American adults: two cross-sectional studies.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Associations Between Sleep Duration and Sensory Impairments Among Older Adults in China.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSleep characteristics might be associated with hearing loss through disturbed energy metabolism and disrupted cochlear blood flow, but prior evidence is limited. This study aims to investigate cross-sectional associations of sleep duration and signs/symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing with hearing in a nationally representative cohort of US older adults aged 70 and older.
methodsWe studied 632 older adults aged 70 and older from the 2005-2006 cycle of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Hearing thresholds were measured using pure-tone audiometry and were averaged to create speech-frequency (0.5-4 kHz), low-frequency (0.5-2 kHz), and high-frequency (4-8 kHz) pure-tone averages (PTAs) in better-hearing ear, with higher values indicate worse hearing. Sleep duration and signs/symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing (snoring, snorting/stopping breathing, excessive sleepiness) were collected through questionnaires. Multivariable-adjusted spline models with knots at 6 and 8 hours were fitted for associations between sleep duration and PTAs. Multivariable-adjusted linear regression was used for associations between sleep-disordered breathing and PTAs. Primary models adjusted for demographic and lifestyle factors, secondary models additionally adjusted for cardiovascular factors.
resultsWhen sleep duration exceeded 8 hours, every additional hour of sleep duration was marginally associated with higher(poorer) high-frequency PTA (primary: 2.45 dB in hearing level, 95% CI: -0.34 to 5.24; secondary: 2.89 dB in hearing level, 95% CI: 0.02-5.76). No associations were observed between sleep-disordered breathing and hearing.
conclusionsLonger sleep duration is marginally associated with poorer high-frequency hearing among older adults sleeping more than 8 hours. However, we cannot infer temporality given the cross-sectional design. Future longitudinal studies are needed to establish temporality and clarify mechanisms.
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