Contributing Determinants to Hearing Loss in Elderly Men and Women: Results from the Population-Based Rotterdam Study

To contribute to a better understanding of the etiology in age-related hearing loss, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 3,315 participants (aged 52-99 years) in the Rotterdam Study, to analyze both low- and high-frequency hearing loss in men and women. Hearing thresholds with pure-tone audiom...

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Published inAudiology & neurotology Vol. 21; no. Suppl 1; pp. 10 - 15
Main Authors Rigters, Stephanie C., Metselaar, Mick, Wieringa, Marjan H., Baatenburg de Jong, Robert J., Hofman, Albert, Goedegebure, André
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland 01.01.2016
Subjects
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Audiometry, Pure-Tone
Blood Pressure
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Educational Status
Female
Hearing Loss - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands - epidemiology
Proceedings
Risk Factors
Smoking - epidemiology
Body mass index
Alcohol
Age-related hearing loss
Determinants of hearing loss
Presbycusis
Smoking
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Summary:To contribute to a better understanding of the etiology in age-related hearing loss, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 3,315 participants (aged 52-99 years) in the Rotterdam Study, to analyze both low- and high-frequency hearing loss in men and women. Hearing thresholds with pure-tone audiometry were obtained, and other detailed information on a large number of possible determinants was collected. Hearing loss was associated with age, education, systolic blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, smoking and alcohol consumption (inverse correlation). Remarkably, different associations were found for low- and high-frequency loss, as well as between men and women, suggesting that different mechanisms are involved in the etiology of age-related hearing loss.
ISBN:9783318059366
3318059366
ISSN:1420-3030
1421-9700
DOI:10.1159/000448348