PREVALENCE OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND HEARING COMPLAINTS IN OLDER ADULTS - A STUDY IN GENERAL-PRACTICE

被引：35

作者：

ABUTAN, BB

HOES, AW

VANDALSEN, CL

VERSCHUURE, J

PRINS, A

机构：

[1] Departments of General Practice, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam

[2] Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam

[3] Departments of Geriatrics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam

[4] Departments of Audiology, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam

来源：

FAMILY PRACTICE | 1993年 / 10卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1093/fampra/10.4.391

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

In one general practice, 660 people aged 60 years or over were screened by means of pure tone audiometry and a specific questionnaire to assess the prevalence of hearing impairment and hearing complaints. Hearing impairment was defined as an average loss of 35 dB or more in the 1, 2 and 4 kHz frequencies in one or both ears. In total, 37.4% (95% Cl, 33.3-41.1%) of the participants was hearing impaired. The prevalence was higher in men (55.1%) than in women (44.9%) and clearly increased with age in both sexes. The prevalence of hearing complaints in terms of hearing difficulties and/or tinnitus, was 37.3% (95% Cl, 33.6-41.0%), and increased with age, especially in women. Of the subjects with hearing impairment, 64.4% reported hearing complaints. Of the subjects without hearing impairment, 21.1% experienced hearing complaints. This study suggests that screening older adults with relatively simple methods, may identify a large proportion of men and women in general practice with hearing problems. Providing information to both patients and general practitioners about the possibilities of hearing improvement is a crucial step in making people become more aware of hearing problems. This could ultimately lead to improvement of the quality of life of older men and women with hearing problems.

引用

页码：391 / 395

页数：5

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