Risk Factors For Hearing Decline From Childhood To Early Adolescence.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify risk factors of hearing decline between 9 and 13 years of age. The risk factors examined included sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle-related factors.

Methods

This study was embedded within a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life onwards in the Netherlands. Pure-tone audiometry and tympanometry were performed at the age of 9 and 13 years. The hearing decline was defined as an increase in low-frequency or high-frequency pure-tone average of at least 5 dB in one of both ears. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to examine the association of possible risk factors with hearing decline. The study was conducted from April 2012 to October 2015, and from April 2016 to September 2019.

Results

Of the 3,508 participants i

SUBMITTER: Paping DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10084436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature