Patterns of hearing changes in women and men from denarians to nonagenarians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hearing loss needs to be diagnosed and treated early, especially in older individuals, since presbycusis potentially increases the risk of depression and dementia. However, standard data on hearing thresholds across the life-span in Japanese individuals are lacking.

Methods

In a retrospective consecutive sample of 10681 native-Japanese speakers (37.3% men; 10-99 years; left-right hearing threshold difference of <15 dB for all tested pure tones; free of external, middle, or inner ear disease), we determined standard age-decade and sex-specific pure-tone air-conduction (125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 Hz) hearing threshold norms. The main outcome measures were pure-tone averages for both ears by age-decade and sex.

Findings

For participants in their

SUBMITTER: Wasano K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315603 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature