Prevalence and incidence of hearing impairment among adults: a 13-year follow-up studyShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: International Journal of Audiology, ISSN 1499-2027, E-ISSN 1708-8186, Vol. 60, no 9, p. 687-694Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2021. Vol. 60, no 9, p. 687-694
Keywords [en]
Aging, demographics/epidemiology, incidence, prevalence
National Category
Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-88489DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1865581ISI: 000606734500001PubMedID: 33426978Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85099376120OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-88489DiVA, id: diva2:1517840
Note
Funding Agencies:
Finnish State Research funding
Yrjo Jahnsson Foundation
Paivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation
Finnish Society of Audiology
2021-01-142021-01-142024-01-15Bibliographically approved