Prevalence of Hearing Loss in US Children and Adolescents: Findings From NHANES 1988-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There have been concerns about increasing levels of hearing impairment in children and adolescents, especially in relation to noise exposure, because even mild levels of hearing loss can affect educational outcomes.

Objective

To further characterize changes in prevalence of hearing loss and noise exposures in the US pediatric population over time.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a retrospective analysis of demographic and audiometric data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III, 1988-1994), NHANES 2005-2006, NHANES 2007-2008, and NHANES 2009-2010. The NHANES are nationally representative survey data sets collected and managed by the US National Center for Health Statistics, and this study includes a total of 703

SUBMITTER: Su BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710291 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature