A Study of Hearing in Advanced Age

Goetzinger, Cornelius P.; Proud, G. O.; Dirks, Donald D.; Embrey, J. E.

doi:10.1001/archotol.1961.00740020676009

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“…Males usually present more pronounced hearing loss in the higher frequencies; while in women it happens in the lower frequencies, at around 500Hz 3,25 . Goetzinger et al, assessing hearing in elderly between 60 and 98 years, reached the same conclusions 43 .…”

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Estudo audiológico de uma população idosa brasileira

Carmo

Silveira

Marone

et al. 2008

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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The Brazilian elderly population is growing, and already represents 8,6% of our total population. Environmental factors, lifestyle, gender and genetics impact the development of presbycusis, which reduces quality of life. Aim: investigate audiologic and vestibular complaints in the elderly; perform tonal audiometry and check to see if there are differences between genders. Study: Cross-sectional clinical prospective study. Materials and Methods: 320 elderly patients (160 men and 160 women) were submitted to audiologic interview and tonal audiometry. The results were statistically analyzed by the following methods: ANOVA, Mann-Whitney and Chi-Squared. Results: audiologic and vestibular complaints (hearing loss, tinnitus, ear fullness, dizziness) were similar between the genders (except for dizziness: p<0,05); tonal audiometry showed a significant difference, with hearing loss in the high frequencies among men; and among women the curves were descending and flat. These results were statistically significant (P<0,001). Conclusion: our results lead us to conclude that, when the genders are compared, hearing loss in the elderly has similar symptoms; however, there are significant differences in tonal audiometry.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

Estudo audiológico de uma população idosa brasileira

Carmo

Silveira

Marone

et al. 2008

Rev. Bras. Otorrinolaringol.

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“…Forward vs. backward Bekesy tracings likewise do not show evidence of abnormal fatigue (Jokinen & Karja, 1970). The amount of adaptation usually seen on clinical tone decay tests is 30 dB or less (Gang, 1976;Gjaevenes & SiShoel, 1969;Goetzinger, Proud, Dirks, & Embrey, 1961;Harbert, Young, & Menduke, 1966;, again consistent with other etiologies associated with a cochlear site of lesion. Willeford (1971) reported abnormal tone decay for only a small number of elderly subjects.…”

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confidence: 82%

Auditory Processing in Aging Listeners

Marshall

1981

J Speech Hear Disord

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Many aspects of auditory processing in aging listeners are poorly understood. Methodological problems encountered with the aging population, ranging from ear canal collapse to a conservative criterion, have rarely been considered in past research. The relation between pure-tone thresholds and other aspects of auditory functions is unclear. There have been few studies of frequency and temporal analysis in aging listeners. There is disagreement on the effect of age on speech discrimination abilities in various listening conditions, and the cause of speech perception problems in aging listeners has not been adequately investigated. Areas of importance for clinical consideration and auditory research with aging listeners are discussed.

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“…Since then there have been a number of studies which show that the perception of speech is poorer in older persons than in younger persons matched for aud i ometric hearing level , either normal or impa i red . Stud ies using a fairly large number of subj ects and covering an extensive age-range depict the decrement in performance on speech-understanding tests as a curve based on the average scores of groups of subj ects (Ss) in age decades f rom the decade 20-29 and older (Jerger , 1 973 ;Bergman , 1971), or upon data f rom increas i ngly elderly groups of Ss (Goetzinger et al, 1961).…”

Section: Speech Understanding and Agingmentioning

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“…Some of these variables will be ident i fied and discussed in this report . Goetzinger et al (1961), studied 90 non-clinical Ss 60-89 years old , listening at their preferred levels . With hearing loss held constant there was a si gnificant relation between chrono l ogical age and word-discrimination scores for difficult word-material (Rush-Hughes recording of PB words), but not for easy material (W-22 recordings).…”

Section: Speech Understanding and Agingmentioning

confidence: 99%