Age and Sex Differences in Pure-Tone Thresholds: Survey of Hearing Levels From 18 to 65 Years

Corso, John F.

doi:10.1001/archotol.1963.00750010399008

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“…Although the sexual difference of BC hearing is still controversial [20,21], the majority of studies have reported that male BC thresholds are worse than female BC thresholds, particularly at high frequencies [22][23][24]. This has been attributed to higher chance of noise exposure among male subjects [23]. The present results follow those of previous studies.…”

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Is sensorineural hearing loss with chronic otitis media due to infection or aging in older patients?

2009

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2009

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“…Almost identical relations were observed between the mean frequency-specific thresholds for the LEs and REs in our earlier study with 3,430 veterans [28]. A common characteristic of largescale studies, including those that are population based, is lower (better) high-frequency thresholds in the RE than in the LE [24,[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Finally, from the mean threshold data in Table 1, there is no evidence of an audiometric notch at 4,000 Hz, the reason for which will become apparent as the data analyses develop in the subsequent sections.…”

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Characteristics of the audiometric 4,000 Hz notch (744,553 veterans) and the 3,000, 4,000, and 6,000 Hz notches (539,932 veterans)

Wilson

McArdle²

2013

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Abstract-The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and characteristics of audiograms that are notched (1) at 4,000 Hz and (2) at 3,000, 4,000, and/or 6,000 Hz. Bilateral audiograms from 1,000,001 veterans were obtained from Department of Veterans Affairs archives; after "cleaning" algorithms were applied, 744,553 participants (mean age = 63.5 yr) were included in the 4,000 Hz notch analysis (group 1) and 539,932 participants (mean age = 62.2 yr) were included in the 3,000, 4,000, and/or 6,000 Hz notch analysis (group 2). A notch was defined when the threshold at the notch frequency (3,000, 4,000, or 6,000 Hz) minus the 2,000 Hz threshold and the threshold at the notch frequency minus the 8,000 Hz threshold both were greater than or equal to10 dB. In group 1, 77.1% did not have a notch at 4,000 Hz. In group 2, 65.3% did not have a notch at 3,000, 4,000, or 6,000 Hz; 12.4% had bilateral notches, 11.7% had left ear notches, and 10.7% had right ear notches. The notches were about twice as deep on the low-frequency side of the notch than on the high-frequency side. The mean left ear and right ear notch depths were about the same (23 dB), with mode notch depths in the 15.0 to 17.5 dB range.

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“…Our data show that thresholds are better in males than females from 250 to 1,000 Hz, whereas from 2,000 to 8,000 Hz, thresholds are better in females than males. Our findings confirm the 'gender-reversal' phenomenon noted in several previous studies [9,10,[19][20][21][22] . Jerger et al [10] reviewed large-scale surveys of hearing and found that above 1,000 Hz males showed greater average loss than females, whereas below 1,000 Hz females showed greater average loss than males.…”

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“…Analyses were stratified by gender to account for differences in results between men and women. Gender differences in the severity, configuration and prevalence of hearing loss have been identified in previous research [9,10] .…”

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Audiometric Records Analysis in a Clinical Population in China

Liu¹,

Zhang²,

Bentler³

et al. 2011

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Objective:The objective of this study was to characterize the typical hearing loss presenting at a clinical audiology center.Methods: Audiometric records for 8,032 cases were obtained from the database at Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University. Based on this information, age distribution, audiometric configuration, type, degree and asymmetry of hearing loss were characterized. Results: Results showed that 48.4% of all cases of hearing loss occurred from 31 to 60 years of age, sloping hearing loss was the most common audiometric configuration, and sensorineural hearing loss dominated the type of hearing loss for both males and females. Mean pure-tone hearing thresholds revealed significant differences between genders, that is, thresholds for females were poorer than those for males from 250 to 1,000 Hz, whereas thresholds for males were poorer than those for females from 2,000 to 8,000 Hz. Analysis showed that 57.3% of audiograms showed some degree of asymmetry. No significant difference was found between genders for the average asymmetric thresholds. Conclusion: This study provides the characteristics of age distribution, audiometric configuration, type, degree and asymmetry of hearing loss from a representative clinical audiology center. These data are useful for public policy efforts involving hearing loss prevention and rehabilitative program development.

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Age and Sex Differences in Pure-Tone Thresholds: Survey of Hearing Levels From 18 to 65 Years

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Is sensorineural hearing loss with chronic otitis media due to infection or aging in older patients?

Is sensorineural hearing loss with chronic otitis media due to infection or aging in older patients?

Characteristics of the audiometric 4,000 Hz notch (744,553 veterans) and the 3,000, 4,000, and 6,000 Hz notches (539,932 veterans)

Audiometric Records Analysis in a Clinical Population in China

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