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Association of inflammatory markers with hearing loss in young adults
Udi Shapira1, Hadas Ben Assayag2, Omer J Ungar1
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Objectives:
To assess the correlation between inflammatory markers (IM) and hearing loss (HL) in a large cohort of apparently healthy individuals.
Design:
A cross sectional study.
Setting:
Tel-Aviv Medical Center (a tertiary referral center) Inflammatory Survey Participants Individuals who attended the Tel-Aviv Medical Center Inflammatory Survey (TAMCIS) for a routine annual health check.
Results:
Out of 2,500 individuals included in the final study cohort, 1,170 (47.3%) had some hearing impairment. Those with a hearing loss in 1 or both ears had significantly higher levels of neutrophils, lymphocytes, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, and red blood cell counts. There was a difference between low- and high- frequencies losses associated with the inflammatory status.
Conclusions:
IM levels were associated with the presence of a HL, supporting a link between inflammatory changes and hearing loss.
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