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Mariska Stam1, Anneke Spooren, Paul Merkus
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Section Ear & Hearing, VU University Medical Center and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to determine whether hearing ability in adults is associated with medication use in general, the use of specific types of medication, or polypharmacy. In this exploratory study, data of the National Longitudinal Study on Hearing (NL-SH; n = 2,160) were used. In total, 62% of the participants reported using any medication in the past 28 days. Hearing ability in noise, as determined with an online digit-triplet speech-in-noise test, was significantly associated with (1) medication acting on the alimentary tract and metabolism (including diabetes and acid-related disorders), (2) use of calcium blockers, and (3) medication used for sensory organs.
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