Prevalence and incidence of hearing impairment among adults : a 13-year follow-up study
Lohi, Venla; Ohtonen, Pasi; Sorri, Martti; Mäki-Torkko, Elina; Hannula, Samuli (2021-01-10)
Venla Lohi, Pasi Ohtonen, Martti Sorri, Elina Mäki-Torkko & Samuli Hannula (2021) Prevalence and incidence of hearing impairment among adults: a 13-year follow-up study, International Journal of Audiology, 60:9, 687-694, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1865581
© 2020 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in International Journal of Audiology. Venla Lohi, Pasi Ohtonen, Martti Sorri, Elina Mäki-Torkko & Samuli Hannula (2021) Prevalence and incidence of hearing impairment among adults: a 13-year follow-up study, International Journal of Audiology, 60:9, 687-694, DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1865581. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and incidence of hearing impairment (HI) in a longitudinal setting among adults.
Design: An unscreened, population-based epidemiological 13-year follow-up study. Study sample: 850 randomly sampled 54 to 66-year-old baseline participants, of whom 559 participated in the follow-up study at the age of 68 to 79 years. A questionnaire-based interview, an otological examination and pure-tone audiometry were performed.
Results: The overall prevalence of HI was 70.3%, defined by better ear hearing level (BEHL) ≥ 20 dB in the 0.5‐4 kHz frequency range. The prevalence was higher among men (78.6%) than among women (63.7%). The overall incidence rate for HI was 45.8 per 1000 person years and the 13-year cumulative incidence was 60.9%. The incidence was higher among men and older participants.
Conclusion: HI is highly prevalent and incident among older adults in Northern Finland.
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