Noise Exposure History and Age-Related Changes to Hearing.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Noise exposure is a major modifiable risk factor for hearing loss, yet it is not known whether it affects the rate of hearing decline in aging.

Objective

To determine the association of noise exposure history with the rate of pure-tone threshold change per year.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study was conducted in the ongoing community-based Medical University of South Carolina Longitudinal Cohort Study of Age-Related Hearing Loss (1988 to present with the sample based in Charleston, South Carolina, and surrounding area). Following a comprehensive baseline examination, participants attended annual examinations, during which audiometric data were collected. Participants with audiometric data from at least 2 examinations and noise

SUBMITTER: Dillard LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11907306 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature