ArticleCommunications medicine2024
Demographic factors impact the rate of hearing decline across the adult lifespan.
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- Race- and sex-specific differences in the risk of incident hearing loss and associated factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Noise Exposure History and Age-Related Changes to Hearing.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2025Article
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- The effect of hearing ability on dual-task performance following multi-domain training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: findings from the SYNERGIC trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Occupational Noise Exposure and Self-Reported Hearing Loss amongst Workers in Primary Coffee Processing Factories in Ethiopia.Noise & healthArticle
- Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Age-Related Hearing Loss: Results from a Longitudinal Twin Study.Trends in hearingArticle
- Diagnosing Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Sustained During Military Service for Men Aged Between 61 and 80 Years.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the natural history of hearing loss in adults, despite it being an important public health problem. The purpose of this study is to describe the rate of hearing change per year over the adult lifespan.
methodsThe 1436 participants are from the MUSC Longitudinal Cohort Study of Age-related Hearing Loss (1988-present). Outcomes are audiometric thresholds at 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000, and 8000 Hz, averaged across right and left ears, and pure-tone average (PTA). Demographic factors are sex (female/male), race, which is categorized as white or racial Minority, and baseline age group (18-39, 40-59, 60-69, 70+ years). Linear mixed regression models are used to estimate the effect of age (per year) on the rate of threshold and PTA change.
resultsParticipants' mean age is 63.1 (SD 14.9) years, 57.7% are female, and 17.8% are racial Minority (17.1% were Black or African American). In sex-race-adjusted models, rates of threshold change are 0.42 to 1.44 dB across thresholds. Rates of change differ by sex at most individual thresholds, but not PTA. Females (versus males) showed higher rates of threshold change in higher frequencies but less decline per year in lower frequencies. Black/African American (versus white) participants have lower rates of threshold and PTA change per year. Hearing thresholds decline across the adult lifespan, with older (versus younger) baseline age groups showing higher rates of decline per year.
conclusionsDeclines to hearing occur across the adult lifespan, and the rate of decline varies by sex, race, and baseline age.
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