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A new both-ear hearing analysis method reduces bias and improves efficiency compared to single-ear approaches. This method, using Generalized Estimating Equations, offers more precise results for auditory research and understanding hearing health determinants.

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  • Audiology and Hearing Science
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Single-ear hearing measurements (better-ear, worse-ear, left/right) are common in auditory research.
  • However, measurements between an individual's two ears are often correlated but not perfectly.
  • This correlation can introduce bias when analyzing determinants of ear-specific hearing outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and evaluate a novel both-ear method for analyzing correlated binary ear data in auditory research.
  • To assess the bias and efficiency of this new method compared to traditional single-ear approaches.
  • To apply the both-ear method to real-world data investigating hearing threshold elevation.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical evaluation of bias in odds ratio (OR) estimates using worse-ear and better-ear outcomes.
  • A simulation study comparing the finite sample performance of single-ear and both-ear logistic regression models.
  • Application of both single-ear and both-ear methods to data from 3135 women in the Nurses' Health Study II, examining the association between dietary adherence and hearing threshold elevation.

Main Results:

  • Theoretical analysis and simulation results confirmed that worse-ear and better-ear methods can bias OR estimates.
  • The proposed both-ear method demonstrated satisfactory finite sample performance and greater efficiency than single-ear methods.
  • In the illustrative example, the both-ear method yielded narrower confidence intervals for the association between dietary scores and hearing threshold elevation, indicating increased precision.

Conclusions:

  • Single-ear methods (worse-ear, better-ear) may produce biased estimates in hearing research.
  • The left/right ear method often leads to less efficient estimates.
  • The both-ear method, utilizing the Generalized Estimating Equation approach, is preferable for audiometric data analysis in specific settings due to reduced bias and enhanced efficiency.