Chronic Cardiovascular Pathology and Hearing Loss in the Aged

Abstract

With the objective of studying a possible correlation between chronic cardiovascular disturbances and hearing loss in aged people, two groups were compared. The first was composed of apparently healthy subjects and the second, of subjects suffering from clinically evident chronic cardiovascular pathology. All the subjects were submitted to a pure tone audiometry, discrimination test, SISI test and TDT. The results showed a significant difference in pure tone threshold audiometry between the apparently healthy subjects and those presenting cardiovascular symptoms; the discrimination and the TDT were comparable in the two groups.

Audiometric pattern as a predictor of cardiovascular status: Development of a model for assessment of risk

“…[21][22][23] The seminal clinical investigation relating these entities was performed by Gates and colleagues. 24 A strong relationship was found between low-frequency hearing thresholds and cardiovascular events.…”

Cardiovascular Risk Factors as Causes for Hearing Impairment

“…While many of the studies looked mainly into hearing thresholds, that by Rubinstein et al [1977] found no difference in word discrimination percentage between patients with or without cardiovascular symptoms, although lower pure tone average was recorded among patients with cardiovascular symptoms. This could imply a cochlear, and not a retrocochlear (central), origin of the impairment.…”

Race and Sex Differences in Age‐Related Hearing Loss: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

“…Hearing loss is a widespread, underrecognized health problem in older adults 1 . Age‐related hearing loss has been associated with many factors, including noise exposure, genetic predisposition, systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus, ear‐related diseases, medication ototoxicity, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle factors 2–21 …”

“…1 Age-related hearing loss has been associated with many factors, including noise exposure, genetic predisposition, systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus, ear-related diseases, medication ototoxicity, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle factors. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Hearing loss prevalence increases dramatically with age. In U.S. studies, prevalence estimates of hearing loss at birth are approximately 0.5%, 22 and in children, approximately 5%.…”