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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Etiology, Severity, Audiogram Type, and Device Usage in Patients with Unilateral Moderate to Profound Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Japan.

Hajime Koyama, Akinori Kashio, Shinichi Nishimura, Haruo Takahashi, Shinichi Iwasaki, Katsumi Doi, Takashi Nakagawa, Ken Ito, Tatsuya Yamasoba

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hajime KoyamaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3190-3320
Akinori KashioDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
Shinichi NishimuraDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.
Haruo TakahashiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Nagasaki Harbor Medical Center, Nagasaki 850-0842, Japan.
Shinichi IwasakiDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
Katsumi DoiDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, Osaka 589-0014, Japan.
Takashi NakagawaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Ken ItoDepartment of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Teikyo University, Tokyo 173-8605, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0396-6735
Tatsuya YamasobaDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3608-0973
The University of Tokyo · JPKindai University · JPKyushu University · JPMitsui Memorial Hospital · JPNagasaki Medical Center · JPNagoya City University · JPTeikyo University · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP22dk0310104h0003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have reported on the etiology, severity, or device usage of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (UHL) compared to bilateral hearing loss. Therefore, this study investigated the characteristics of UHL in adults and children.

methodsWe performed a survey using questionnaires for secondary and tertiary otolaryngology institutions.

resultsWe included 15,981 patients (1549 children and 14,432 adults) from 196 institutions with otolaryngology residency programs and 2844 patients (336 children and 2508 adults) from 27 institutions with board members of the Japan Audiology Society. The latter submitted audiological data. Among children, most diagnoses were made at age 0. Approximately half of them had profound hearing loss, and 37 children (2.2%) used hearing devices. Among adults, the number of cases increased with age, but decreased when people reached their 80s and 90s. More than half of them had moderate hearing loss. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss was the most common cause of UHL of all ages; 4.4% of UHL patients used hearing devices, and most of the device users (98.6%) selected a conventional hearing aid.

conclusionsHearing aid use is limited in children and adults with UHL in Japan. There could be many candidates with UHL for intervention such as a cochlear implant.

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cochlear implanthearing aidunilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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PMID37445325
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