Does passive smoking induce sensorineural hearing loss in children?

Talaat, Hossam Sanyelbhaa; Metwaly, Mohamed Akram; Khafagy, Ahmed Hafez; Abdelraouf, Hatem Ragaa

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.10.016

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“…In addition, our study results are in accord with the findings from previous studies that show a dose-response effect between the level of SHS exposure and the risk of hearing loss51023. Cruickshanks et al .…”

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“…Previous studies have shown a correlation between SHS and hearing loss or cochlear auditory dysfunction4591020212223. In addition, our study results are in accord with the findings from previous studies that show a dose-response effect between the level of SHS exposure and the risk of hearing loss51023.…”

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“…In mothers with prenatal SHS exposure, there were damaging effects on cochlear auditory function in neonates, as assessed by otoacoustic emissions testing21, and moreover, the increased risks of hearing loss still existed in adolescence and these risks were higher than in adolescents without prenatal SHS exposure22. Postnatal SHS exposure in children also had a negative effect on cochlear auditory function and increased the risk of hearing loss102023.…”

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Secondhand Smoke is Associated with Hearing Threshold Shifts in Obese Adults

Lin

Kao

et al. 2016

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Hearing loss resulted from multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Secondhand smoke (SHS) and obesity had been reported to be related to hearing loss. This study explored the possible associations of SHS and obesity with the hearing threshold. The relations between SHS and the hearing threshold in subjects from three different body mass index classes were analyzed. Our study included data from 1,961 subjects aged 20–69 years that were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 1999–2004. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, the subjects with the higher tertiles of serum cotinine levels tended to have higher hearing thresholds than those with the lowest tertile of serum cotinine levels (for both trends, p < 0.05). Notably, the obese subjects with the higher tertiles of serum cotinine levels had significantly higher hearing thresholds for high frequencies and low frequencies than those with the lowest tertile of serum cotinine levels (for both trends, p < 0.05). Our study showed a significant positive association between SHS exposure and hearing thresholds in the adult population, especially in obese individuals. Based on our findings, avoiding exposure to SHS, especially in obese adults, may decrease the risk of hearing loss.

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Secondhand Smoke is Associated with Hearing Threshold Shifts in Obese Adults

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Kao

et al. 2016

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“…However, even if the adverse effects of cigarette smoking on hearing loss have been demonstrated in previous population-based studies 3,4 , other studies have not confirmed such an association 5,6 . It has been postulated that passive smoking may be a risk factor for development of minimal hearing loss also in the paediatric population 7 .…”

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Effects of Smoking on Eustachian Tube and Hearing

Pezzoli¹,

Lofaro²,

Olivi³

et al. 2017

The International Tinnitus Journal

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of tobacco use on the Eustachian tube and inner ear function. Study Design: Case-control study. Subjects and settings: Thirty-one nonsmoking volunteers and 34 smoking subjects recruited in an University Hospital, submitted to an audiological evaluation including pure tone audiometry, basal tympanogram, stapedial reflexes analysis, and nine-step eustachian tube (ET) function test. Results: Pure Tone Average (PTA) threshold at all frequencies tested was 12.5 dB in smokers and 3.7 in nonsmoking subjects. Nine smokers (27%) presented some degree of hearing loss versus none in the nonsmoker group. Linear regression analysis showed a higher degree of sensorineural hearing loss with age in smokers. Among the smokers, 20 subjects (59%) presented an impaired tubal function for the nine-step inflation/deflation tympanometric test, while only 6 (19%) subjects in the group of nonsmokers showed a tubal dysfunction. Conclusion: Tobacco use may reduce the ability to hear, mainly causing a sensorineural hearing loss for higher frequencies. We also found the presence of a high number of smokers suffering from tubal dysfunction. This has an important clinical relevance, not only because smoking increases the incidence of middle ear diseases, but also because tubal dysfunction may cause nonspecific symptoms characterised by ear fullness and difficulties in middle ear equalisation.

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“…Recently, we investigated the effect of second-hand smoke on the hearing of children. Passive smoking was correlated with development of sensorineural MHL [3]. The study group consisted of 411 children, their aged ranged between 5 to 11 years.…”

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Does passive smoking induce sensorineural hearing loss in children?

Cited by 23 publications

References 18 publications

Secondhand Smoke is Associated with Hearing Threshold Shifts in Obese Adults

Secondhand Smoke is Associated with Hearing Threshold Shifts in Obese Adults

Effects of Smoking on Eustachian Tube and Hearing

Passive Smoking: A Possible Risk Factor for Development of Minimal Hearing Loss in Children

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