Hearing Impairment and Severe Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Nationwide Study
Nir Tsur,
Yair Zloof,
Mor Rittblat
et al.
Abstract:Background
The association between hearing impairment and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is unclear. Therefore, we aimed to assess this association in Israel's national sample of over 1.1 million adolescents.
Methods
We conducted a nationwide, population-based, cross-sectional study of all Israeli adolescents (n = 1,175,534, 58% males; mean age, 17 yrs) who were examined before mandatory military service during 2004 to 2020. Board-certi… Show more
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