慢性耳与衰老有关,但与痴呆症无关
Lisa Reisinger1, Nathan Weisz2
1Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Hearing research
|October 23, 2024
概括
衰老与耳和听力损失有关,但这些情况似乎独立于痴呆风险. 需要进一步研究老龄化如何影响听觉系统和神经退行性疾病的脆弱性.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 衰老与身体和神经功能下降有关.
- 这些与年龄相关的变化可能导致诸如痴呆症,听力损失和耳等疾病.
- 了解衰老,听觉功能和认知衰退之间的相互作用对于开发干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究衰老,耳和听力损失之间的关系.
- 探索听力损失和痴呆风险之间的关联.
- 确定耳是否是痴呆症的独立风险因素.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自40-70岁的502,382名参与者的英国生物库数据.
- 采用后勤回归和考克斯的比例危险模型.
- 分析了与年龄和语音接收值相关的耳,听力损失和痴呆风险的危险比率.
主要成果:
- 年龄较大 (58岁以上) 增加了53.6%的 tinnitus 几率.
- 语音接收值每增加1分贝,就会使耳的几率提高13.0%.
- 语音接收值每增加1分贝,痴呆风险增加14.0%,每年老龄化风险增加17.3%. 单单是耳声就显示了52.1%的危险比率,当考虑听力损失,年龄和共变量时,这种危险比率就消失了.
结论:
- 耳与衰老有关,但似乎独立于与痴呆症相关的衰老过程.
- 听力损失是老年人痴呆症的重要危险因素.
- 需要进一步研究衰老对听觉神经过程和神经退行性疾病脆弱性的影响.
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