Our study confirms that hearing loss is highly prevalent in the general unscreened population of older adults. However, the difference in hearing between sexes was considerably less than previously reported. This is probably due to changing lifestyle and environmental circumstances, LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2b Laryngoscope, 127:725-730, 2017.
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