Prevalence of Hearing Impairment by Age: 2nd to 10th Decades of Life

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Hearing Loss and Its Burden of Disease in a Large German Cohort-Hearing Loss in Germany

Berit Hackenberg et al.

Summary: The study aimed to estimate the burden of hearing loss in a large German cohort, with 40.9% of the population affected. Understanding the impact of hearing loss will provide the foundation for future patient care guidelines.

LARYNGOSCOPE (2022)

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Review Geriatrics & Gerontology

Effectiveness of Hearing Rehabilitation for Care Home Residents With Dementia: A Systematic Review

Hannah Cross et al.

Summary: This systematic review reports on the effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators of hearing rehabilitation for care home residents with dementia. The findings indicate that hearing rehabilitation can improve communication, quality of life, and reduce agitation for residents. However, symptoms of dementia, time pressures, and lack of staff training pose barriers to implementing hearing rehabilitation. A person-centered approach and increased funding and support for the social care sector are needed.

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION (2022)

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Article Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology

Estimating the global costs of hearing loss

David McDaid et al.

Summary: The total global economic costs of hearing loss in 2019 exceeded $981 billion, with 47% related to quality of life losses. The majority of costs (57%) were outside of high-income countries, and 6.5% of costs were for children aged 0-14. A scenario analysis showed that a 5% reduction in prevalence of hearing loss could reduce global costs by $49 billion. The study highlights the significant economic consequences of not addressing hearing loss worldwide and the potential benefits of small reductions in its prevalence or severity.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY (2021)

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Article Medicine, General & Internal

Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Lydia M Haile et al.

LANCET (2021)

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Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

The effect of hearing aids on cognitive function: A systematic review

Maxime E. Sanders et al.

Summary: Based on this systematic review, there is controversy about the effects of hearing aids on cognition. Additional research through randomized clinical trials with standardized cognitive assessment and longer follow-up is warranted to further elucidate this relationship.

PLOS ONE (2021)

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Article Otorhinolaryngology

Association Between Central and Peripheral Age-Related Hearing Loss and Different Frailty Phenotypes in an Older Population in Southern Italy

Rodolfo Sardone et al.

Summary: In this cross-sectional study of 1929 participants, peripheral age-related hearing loss was found to be associated with cognitive frailty, while age-related central auditory processing disorder was independently associated with cognitive frailty. This suggests new perspectives for delaying frailty-related processes in older age.

JAMA OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY (2021)

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Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Patterns of hearing changes in women and men from denarians to nonagenarians

Koichiro Wasano et al.

Summary: This study identified standard age-decade and sex-specific pure-tone air-conduction hearing threshold norms for native Japanese speakers across nine age-decades. It found that hearing thresholds at higher frequencies were significantly worse in men in their 20s, while women aged 70 and above had higher thresholds in low frequencies. Additionally, hearing thresholds at 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz tended to deteriorate starting from teenage years through the 50s.

LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC (2021)

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Review Medicine, General & Internal