Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Hearing Loss Using 2019-2021 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data

• Published in: Journal of International Advanced Otology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Ahn, Jungmin, Hong, Seung-Eun, Kim, Brian, Lee, Byeong-Cheol, Lee, Myung-Chul, Choi, Ik Joon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey AVES Yayincilik A.S 01.01.2025; European Academy of Otology and Neurotology and the Politzer Society; AVES
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Audiometry, Pure-Tone; Female; Health surveys; Hearing loss; Hearing Loss - epidemiology; Hearing Loss - etiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; national health and nutritional examination survey; Nutrition Surveys; obstructive; Original; Prevalence; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Risk Factors; Severity of Illness Index; sleep apnea; Sleep apnea syndromes; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Republic of Korea; South Korea

Background: The association of hearing loss with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been investigated in several studies, but analyses using large national population-based datasets are lacking. Therefore, we aimed to determine the effect of the severity of OSA on hearing loss using data from the Kor...