Trajectories of Hearing From Childhood to Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study provides a unique opportunity to document the progression of ear health and hearing ability within the same cohort of individuals from birth. This investigation draws on hearing data from 5 to 13 years and again at 45 years of age, to explore the associations between childhood hearing variables and hearing and listening ability at age 45.

Design

Multiple linear regression analyses were used to assess associations between childhood hearing (otological status and mid-frequency pure-tone average) and (a) age 45 peripheral hearing ability (mid-frequency pure-tone average and high-frequency pure-tone average), and (b) age 45 listening ability (listening in spatialized noise and subjective questionnaire on liste

SUBMITTER: Leung JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493508 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov-Dec 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature