Sleep Characteristics and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep characteristics might be associated with hearing loss through disturbed energy metabolism and disrupted cochlear blood flow, but prior evidence is limited. This study aims to investigate cross-sectional associations of sleep duration and signs/symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing with hearing in a nationally representative cohort of US older adults aged 70 and older.

Methods

We studied 632 older adults aged 70 and older from the 2005-2006 cycle of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Hearing thresholds were measured using pure-tone audiometry and were averaged to create speech-frequency (0.5-4 kHz), low-frequency (0.5-2 kHz), and high-frequency (4-8 kHz) pure-tone averages (PTAs) in better-hearing ear, with higher values indicate worse hea

SUBMITTER: Jiang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122752 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature