Association of cardiovascular risk status and hearing loss in older adults after thirty-nine years of follow-up: Chicago Healthy Aging Study (CHAS) preliminary findings (original) (raw)

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the contribution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors on hearing outcomes. Background: A staggering 31 million Americans have hearing loss, a figure quickly growing as the population ages. Age-related hearing loss manifests bilaterally at high frequencies and may result in social isolation, anxiety, and depression. CVD risk factors contribute substantially to morbidity and mortality yet there are no data to clarify the long-term association between CVD risk status and hearing outcomes. In this pilot study, we explore the effects of low-risk (LR) and not LR status on hearing in older adults. Methods: Participants were classified as LR or not LR for CVD in young adulthood (25-55 years). Thirty-nine years later, a subset of 130 CHAS participants (18.7% black, 28.5% female) aged 65-84 years underwent advanced audiologic assessment including hearing thresholds (0.25-8.0 kHz) and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE; 0.50-5.0 kHz) testing. Results: We...

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