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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 included, 7.8% demonstrated a hearing decline in the low frequencies, and 11.3% in the high frequencies. Participants who reported alcohol consumption were more likely to have a hearing decline in the low frequencies (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1; 2.0). Moreover, a lower educational level was associated with an increased odds of having a hearing decline in the high frequencies (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.0; 1.8). Age, sex, household income, personal music player use, and body mass index were not associated with hearing decline.

Conclusion

Educational level and risky behavior were significantly associated with hearing decline from childhood to early adolescence. The findings of the present study can help in the design of public health interventions to prevent hearing loss at a young age.

Level of evidence

2 (prospective cohort study) Laryngoscope, 133:389-395, 2023.

SUBMITTER: Paping DE

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Risk Factors For Hearing Decline From Childhood To Early Adolescence.

Paping Danique E DE Oosterloo Berthe C BC El Marroun Hanan H Homans Nienke C NC Baatenburg de Jong Rob J RJ van der Schroeff Marc P MP Vroegop Jantien L JL

The Laryngoscope 20220519 2

<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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 averag ...[more]

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