論文

査読有り 国際誌
2019年12月2日

Progression of hearing loss and choice of hearing aids by patients in their 60s, 70s, and 80s and older: experience in the Japanese super-aged era

Acta Oto-Laryngologica
  • Yukihide Maeda
  • ,
  • Shin Kariya
  • ,
  • Shohei Fujimoto
  • ,
  • Akiko Sugaya
  • ,
  • Yuko Kataoka
  • ,
  • Atsuko Nakagawa
  • ,
  • Satomi Tanaka
  • ,
  • Natsumi Hosokawa
  • ,
  • Kazunori Nishizaki

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開始ページ
1077
終了ページ
1082
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1080/00016489.2019.1667531
出版者・発行元
Informa UK Limited

Background: Demographic data of patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in super-aged societies are still limited.Aims/objectives: To report audiometric statistics of SNHL and hearing aid (HA) use in patients in their 60s, 70s, and 80s and older during the super-aged era.Material and methods: Medical charts and audiograms of 2064 older patients with SNHL who visited a Japanese University Hospital in 2007-2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Among 270 patients referred to the HA service unit (HASU), the percentage of final decisions to continue using HAs was calculated.Results: The average pure tone thresholds on initial visit to the clinic were 56.9, 60.6, 69.4, and 82.4 dB HL in patients in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, respectively. The rates of progression were 0.25, 0.87, 1.19, and 1.37 dB/year in patients in their 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, respectively. The percentage of patients in HASU who chose to use HAs did not differ among the 60s (59.3%), 70s (51.2%), and 80s and older (58.2%).Conclusions and significance: The clinical picture of patients with SNHL in their 70s and 80s differs because progression accelerates exponentially through these ages. HAs can be recommended to older adult patients in all the age groups.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00016489.2019.1667531
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31560242
URL
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00016489.2019.1667531
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1080/00016489.2019.1667531
  • ISSN : 0001-6489
  • eISSN : 1651-2251
  • PubMed ID : 31560242

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