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To determine the population-based prevalence and epidemiological risk factors of hearing loss in older adults using standardized audiometric measurements.

November 1, 1998American Journal of Epidemiology

Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

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KCK. J. CruickshanksUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison TWTerry L. WileyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison TTT S TweedUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

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Population-based study reveals high prevalence of hearing loss in older adults, highlighting significant associations with male sex and advanced age.

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To determine the population-based prevalence and epidemiological risk factors of hearing loss in older adults using standardized audiometric measurements.
Assessed 3,753 participants (82.6% participation rate; mean age 65.8 years; 57.7% women) out of 4,541 eligible residents aged 48–92 years between 1993 and 1995.
Conducted standardized pure-tone air- and bone-conduction audiometry in sound-treated booths, otoscopic examinations, screening tympanometry, and risk-factor questionnaires.
The overall prevalence of hearing loss was 45.9%, with odds escalating substantially with age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.88 per 5-year increase, 95% CI 1.80–1.97).
Men exhibited higher odds of hearing loss than women (OR = 4.42, 95% CI 3.73–5.24), an excess that remained significant after multivariable adjustment for age, education, noise exposure, and occupation (adjusted OR = 3.65).

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Cruickshanks et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ece208d163bb0e20072451 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009713

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Population-based study reveals high prevalence of hearing loss in older adults, highlighting significant associations with male sex and advanced age.

Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

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Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study

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