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Associations of Earphone Use with Tinnitus and Anxiety/Depression.
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- Tinnitus prevalence and care experience among population of Almaty city.Journal of otology · 2024Article
- Tinnitus Prevalence and Associated Factors among Dental Clinicians in the United Arab Emirates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to investigate the association of earphone use with audiologic and psychologic factors. MATERIALS AND
methodsKorea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010-2012 data were collected for participants aged ≥12 years old with earphone use ≥1 hour/day. They were matched to a control group for age, sex, income, and education level. The relationship between earphone use and the hearing thresholds of pure-tone audiometry, tinnitus, and psychologic factors such as depression and anxiety, and other quality of life variables was analyzed using multiple logistic regression tests with complex sampling.
resultsAmong the participants, 22.9% (449/1955) of earphone users and 18.1% (355/1600) of control participants had tinnitus (P < 0.001). Earphone users showed 1.27-times higher odds for tinnitus (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09-1.50, P = 0.003). Moreover, 6.5% (128/1955) of earphone users and 5.0% (97/1600) of control participants had anxiety and depressive symptoms (P = 0.033). Earphone users showed 1.32-times higher odds for anxiety and depressive symptoms (95% CI = 1.14-1.52, P = 0.040). Nevertheless, the hearing thresholds were comparable between earphone users and control participants.
conclusionEarphone use was associated with tinnitus and anxiety or depressive symptoms.
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