TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk Factors for Tinnitus in a Population of Older Adults
T2 - The Blue Mountains Hearing Study
AU - Sindhusake, Doungkamol
AU - Golding, Maryanne
AU - Newall, Philip
AU - Rubin, George
AU - Jakobsen, Kirsten
AU - Mitchell, Paul
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Objective: To identify potential and modifiable risk factors for tinnitus in a population of older adults. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Detailed questionnaires were interviewer-administered in a representative sample of 2015 persons aged 55+ yr, living in an area west of Sydney, Australia. Air- and bone-conduction audiometric thresholds were measured from 250 to 8000 Hz and from 500 to 4000 Hz, respectively. TEOAE and SOAE were measured for both ears. Results: After adjusting for multiple variables in a Cox proportional hazards model, factors that significantly increased the risk of tinnitus were poorer hearing and cochlear function, self-reported work-related noise exposure, and history of middle ear or sinus infections, severe neck injury or migraine. Conclusion: Interventions aimed at reducing age-related hearing loss, particularly by reducing excessive work-related noise exposure, and the effective, timely treatment of ear-related infections, may all decrease the risk of tinnitus.
AB - Objective: To identify potential and modifiable risk factors for tinnitus in a population of older adults. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Detailed questionnaires were interviewer-administered in a representative sample of 2015 persons aged 55+ yr, living in an area west of Sydney, Australia. Air- and bone-conduction audiometric thresholds were measured from 250 to 8000 Hz and from 500 to 4000 Hz, respectively. TEOAE and SOAE were measured for both ears. Results: After adjusting for multiple variables in a Cox proportional hazards model, factors that significantly increased the risk of tinnitus were poorer hearing and cochlear function, self-reported work-related noise exposure, and history of middle ear or sinus infections, severe neck injury or migraine. Conclusion: Interventions aimed at reducing age-related hearing loss, particularly by reducing excessive work-related noise exposure, and the effective, timely treatment of ear-related infections, may all decrease the risk of tinnitus.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0344304652&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.AUD.0000100204.08771.3D
DO - 10.1097/01.AUD.0000100204.08771.3D
M3 - Article
C2 - 14663349
AN - SCOPUS:0344304652
SN - 0196-0202
VL - 24
SP - 501
EP - 507
JO - Ear and Hearing
JF - Ear and Hearing
IS - 6
ER -