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Hearing loss in the elderly: a 17-year longitudinal study.

D G Keay1, J A Murray

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences
|February 1, 1988
PubMed
Summary

Hearing loss in older adults progresses steadily, particularly in higher frequencies. This longitudinal study confirms continued age-related hearing decline into the ninth decade of life.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Audiology
  • Longitudinal Studies

Background:

  • Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is a common condition affecting the elderly.
  • Previous studies had not definitively established the progression of hearing loss into the ninth decade.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the progression of hearing loss in elderly individuals over an extended period.
  • To quantify the rate of hearing deterioration at different frequencies in older adults.

Main Methods:

  • A 5-year longitudinal study involving 261 elderly participants (1968-1973).
  • Follow-up retesting using pure tone audiometry on 37 survivors aged 80-85 years.
  • Analysis of hearing level changes over 17 years (initial 5 years + subsequent 12 years).

Main Results:

  • The rate of hearing loss remained consistent over the 17-year study period.
  • Higher frequencies showed significantly greater annual deterioration (1.89 dB/year at 6 KHz) compared to lower frequencies (0.35 dB/year at 1 KHz).

Conclusions:

  • Hearing loss progresses steadily into the ninth decade of life.
  • The findings confirm ongoing age-related auditory decline in advanced age.
  • High-frequency hearing loss deteriorates more rapidly than low-frequency loss in the elderly.

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