Gender-specific hearing loss in German adults aged 18 to 84 years compared to US-American and current European studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

From an epidemiological point of view, the increase of pure-tone hearing thresholds as one aspect of biological ageing is moderated by societal factors. Since health policies refer to empirical findings, it is reasonable to replicate population-based hearing surveys and to compare estimates for different birth cohorts from the same regions or, conversely, for the same birth cohorts from different regions.

Methods

We pooled data from two independent cross-sectional German studies conducted between 2008 and 2012 and including 3105 adults. The increase of thresholds, the prevalence and risk of hearing impairment (HI) by age and gender were compared to results reported for European and US-American studies that were carried out at about the same time. Since these stu

SUBMITTER: von Gablenz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179866 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature