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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2023

Investigation of hearing loss in elderly vertigo and dizziness patients in the past 10 years.

Qian Wang, Aiting Chen, Mengdi Hong, Xingjian Liu, Yi Du, Ziming Wu, Wenbo Cheng, Fei Ji

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Qian WangDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Aiting ChenDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Mengdi HongDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xingjian LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yi DuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ziming WuDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wenbo ChengAcademy of Medical Technology and Information Engineering, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Fei JiDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNZhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Vertigo and hearing loss are both prevalent in the elderly. This study retrospectively analyzed hearing test results from elderly patients experiencing vertigo and dizziness at ENT outpatient over a 10-year period, in order to study the patterns of hearing loss in this patient population. Methods: Nine thousand three hundred eighty four patients over 50 years old underwent retrospective collection and screening of outpatient diagnosis, pure tone audiometry, acoustic immittance measurement (tympanogram) and auditory brainstem response (ABR) test. The patient's audiograms are divided into 7 subtypes according to a set of fixed criteria. Meanwhile, K-Means clustering analysis method was used to classify the audiogram. Results: The Jerger classification of tympanogram in elderly patients with vertigo and dizziness showed the majority falling under type A. The leading audiogram shapes were flat (27.81% in right ear and 26.89% in left ear), high-frequency gently sloping (25.97% in right ear and 27.34% in left ear), and high-frequency steeply sloping (21.60% in right ear and 22.53% in left ear). Meniere's disease (MD; 30.87%), benign recurrent vertigo (BRV; 19.07%), and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV; 15.66%) were the most common etiologies in elderly vestibular diseases. We observed statistically significant differences in hearing thresholds among these vestibular diseases ( Conclusion: The elderly patients often have mild to moderate hearing loss as a concomitant symptom with vertigo. Female patients have better hearing thresholds than males. The dominant audiometric shapes in this patient population were flat, high-frequency gently sloping, and high-frequency steeply sloping according to a set of fixed criteria. This study highlights the need for tailored strategies in managing hearing loss in elderly patients with vertigo and dizziness.

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acoustic immittance measurementauditory brainstem response (ABR)dizzinesselderlyhearing losspure tone audiometryvertigo

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PMID37790285
PMCPMC10543661
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