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ArticleThe lancet. Healthy longevity2024

Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort.

Janet S Choi, Meredith E Adams, Eileen M Crimmins, Frank R Lin, Jennifer A Ailshire

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Article in The lancet. Healthy longevity, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Janet S ChoiCaruso Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: janet.choi@med.usc.edu.
Meredith E AdamsDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Eileen M CrimminsDavis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Frank R LinDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jennifer A AilshireDavis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography &Population HealthP30AG017265 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JENNIFER A AILSHIRE · 1999 to 2026
$17.9M
Biological Underpinnings of Socioeconomic Differentials in Health and MortalityR01AG060110 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CRIMMINS, EILEEN M · 2018 to 2022
$2.6M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG017265NIA NIH HHS R01 AG060110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHearing loss has been identified as an independent risk factor for negative health outcomes and mortality. However, whether rehabilitation with hearing aid use is associated with lower mortality is currently unknown. This study aimed to examine the associations of hearing loss, hearing aid use, and mortality in the USA.

methodsIn this cross-sectional, follow-up study, we assessed 9885 adults (age 20 years and older) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2012 and completed audiometry and hearing aid use questionnaires (1863 adults with hearing loss). Main measures included hearing loss (speech-frequency pure-tone average) and hearing aid use (never users, non-regular users, and regular users). Mortality status of the cohort was linked to the National Death Index up to Dec 31, 2019. Cox proportional regression models were used to examine the association between hearing loss, hearing aid use, and mortality while adjusting for demographics and medical history.

findingsThe cohort consisted of 9885 participants, of which 5037 (51·0%) were female and 4848 (49·0%) were male with a mean age of 48·6 years (SD 18·1) at baseline. The weighted prevalence of audiometry-measured hearing loss was 14·7% (95% CI 13·3-16·3%) and the all-cause mortality rate was 13·2% (12·1-14·4) at a median 10·4 years of follow-up (range 0·1-20·8). The rate of regular hearing aid use among adults with hearing loss was 12·7% (95% CI 10·6-15·1). Hearing loss was an independent risk factor associated with higher mortality (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 1·40 [95% CI 1·21-1·62]). Among individuals with hearing loss, the adjusted mortality risk was lower among regular hearing aid users in comparison with never users (adjusted HR 0·76 [0·60-0·95]) accounting for demographics, hearing levels, and medical history. There was no difference in adjusted mortality between non-regular hearing aid users and never users (adjusted HR 0·93 [0·70-1·24]).

interpretationRegular hearing aid use was associated with lower risks of mortality than in never users in US adults with hearing loss when accounting for age, hearing loss, and other potential confounders. Future research is needed to investigate the potential protective role of hearing aid use against mortality for adults with hearing loss.

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DeafnessHearing AidsHearing LossCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleNutrition SurveysUnited States

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