Occupational noise, smoking, and a high body mass index are risk factors for age-related hearing impairment and moderate alcohol consumption is protective: A European population-based multicenter study
| Autor: | Minna Manninen, Michael Bille, Guy Van Camp, Elina Mäki-Torkko, Vedat Topsakal, Lut Van Laer, Anke Tropitzsch, Hannie Kremer, Nele Lemkens, Els Van Eyken, Martti Sorri, Jeroen R. Huyghe, Markus Pfister, Michael Steffens, Paul Van de Heyning, Ilmari Pyykkö, Manuela Mazzoli, Amalia Diaz-Lacava, Agnete Parving, Mona Jensen, Thomas F. Wienker, Cor W. R. J. Cremers, Sylvia J. W. Kunst, Eva Orzan, Samuli Hannula, Kelly Demeester, Dafydd Stephens, Joke Huyghe, Angeles Espeso, Katia Verbruggen, Ingeborg Dhooge, Patrick L. M. Huygen, Amanda Bonaconsa, Jan Hendrickx, Erik Fransen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ear, nose & throat, Specialities, Internal Medicine Specializations |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Hearing loss Hearing Loss/epidemiology Disease Audiology Affect (psychology) Article smoking surgery Smoking/adverse effects otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine and Health Sciences Medicine Cluster Analysis Humans risk factors Medical history Hearing Loss Body mass index age-related hearing impairment Aged occupational noise Noise Occupational/adverse effects business.industry Smoking Age Factors life style Middle Aged medicine.disease Obesity Health Surveys Sensory Systems Europe Multicenter study Otorhinolaryngology OBESITY presbyacusis Noise Occupational Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | JARO-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY JARO: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Jaro: journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology |
| ISSN: | 1525-3961 |
| Popis: | A multicenter study was set up to elucidate the environmental and medical risk factors contributing to age-related hearing impairment (ARHI). Nine subsamples, collected by nine audiological centers across Europe, added up to a total of 4,083 subjects between 53 and 67 years. Audiometric data (pure-tone average [PTA]) were collected and the participants filled out a questionnaire on environmental risk factors and medical history. People with a history of disease that could affect hearing were excluded. PTAs were adjusted for age and sex and tested for association with exposure to risk factors. Noise exposure was associated with a significant loss of hearing at high sound frequencies (>1 kHz). Smoking significantly increased high-frequency hearing loss, and the effect was dose-dependent. The effect of smoking remained significant when accounting for cardiovascular disease events. Taller people had better hearing on average with a more pronounced effect at low sound frequencies ( |
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