Association of Obesity with Hearing Impairment in Adolescents

Hearing loss (HL) is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States. Obesity has become an increasingly important public health concern, as the prevalence in children, adolescents and adults has increased over the past few decades. The objectives of this study is to investigat...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2019-02, Vol.9 (1), p.1877-1877, Article 1877
Main Authors: Scinicariello, Franco, Carroll, Yulia, Eichwald, John, Decker, John, Breysse, Patrick N.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescents
Hearing loss
Hearing protection
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Obesity
Public health
Risk reduction
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Sex differences
Teenagers
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Summary:Hearing loss (HL) is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States. Obesity has become an increasingly important public health concern, as the prevalence in children, adolescents and adults has increased over the past few decades. The objectives of this study is to investigate whether obesity is associated with audiometric notches indicative of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), speech frequency hearing loss (SFHL), and high frequency hearing loss (HFHL) in adolescent participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2010. The prevalence of overall audiometric notches in the adolescent population was 16.0% with higher prevalence in females than males. The prevalence of SFHL and HFHL were higher in males than females (SFHL, 7.3% vs. 5.4%, respectively; and HFHL 14.3% vs. 8.1%, respectively). Obese adolescents had a higher adjusted OR to have audiometric notches (OR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.33–2.81) and HFHL (OR = 1.95; 95% CI: 1.19–3.21). Continued preventative efforts towards reducing obesity might also help to reduce the risk for HL and NIHL.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-37739-5