Increased Risk of Psychopathological Abnormalities in Subjects With Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Cross-Sectional Study

Song, Jae-Jin; Ku, Eu Jeong; Kim, Seo Young; Kim, Euitae; Choi, Young-Seok; Jung, Hahn Jin

doi:10.21053/ceo.2020.00283

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“…Causality between hearing loss and underweight or obesity cannot be concluded in this cross-sectional study. Despite our efforts to include many confounding factors, there may be residual confounders, such as socioeconomic status, education level, depressive mood, noise exposure, drug use, underlying cardiovascular disease, and congenital hearing loss [ 36 ]. In addition, the causes of hearing loss, including maternal rubella or cytomegalovirus infections, intake of ototoxic drugs, and infectious ear disease, could not be identified in this study.…”

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Association of Body Mass Index with Hearing Loss in Korean Adult Population

Koo

Kim

2022

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This study aimed to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and hearing loss. We analyzed data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service Health Screening Cohort 2009–2019 (291,471 patients with hearing loss and 6,088,979 control participants). Both patient groups were subsequently divided into four groups according to BMI: <18.5 (underweight), 18.5–24.9 (normal), 25–29.9 (obese I), and ≥30 (obese II). To evaluate the relationship between BMI and hearing loss, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used, adjusting for age, sex, smoking, alcohol consumption, blood pressure, triglycerides, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, proteinuria, serum creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and fasting glucose levels. The adjusted odds ratio (OR) of the underweight group for hearing loss was 1.21 (95% CI = 1.19–1.24) compared to the normal BMI group, whereas the adjusted ORs of obese I and obese II groups for hearing loss were 0.95 and 0.87, respectively. Being underweight was generally associated with an increased prevalence of hearing loss in the Korean adult population.

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Association of Body Mass Index with Hearing Loss in Korean Adult Population

Koo

Kim

2022

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“…At the initial visit, all patients underwent physical examination to identify any objective signs of PT (comprising head rotation to the ipsilateral and contralateral sides, digital compression of the ipsilateral internal jugular vein, and an otoendoscopic examination). All enrolled patients underwent audiometric evaluations including PTA, according to our reported protocols [37][38][39][40] . Pseudo-low frequency hearing loss (pseudo-LFHL) (an ipsilateral hearing threshold greater than 10 dB HL at both 250 and 500 Hz, or greater than 20 dB HL at either 250 or 500 Hz compared with the contralateral side) in the ipsilesional ear and its improvement after surgery were evaluated according to our previous report 17 .…”

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Longitudinal analysis of surgical outcome in subjects with pulsatile tinnitus originating from the sigmoid sinus

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A dominant sigmoid sinus with either diverticulum or dehiscence (SS-Div/SS-Deh) is a common cause of pulsatile tinnitus (PT). For PT originating from SS-Div/SS-Deh, an etiology-specific and secure reconstruction using firm materials is vital for optimal outcomes. As a follow-up to our previous reports on transmastoid SS resurfacing or reshaping for SS-Div/SS-Deh, this study aimed to evaluate the long-term results of transmastoid resurfacing/reshaping. We retrospectively reviewed 20 PT patients who were diagnosed with SS-Div/SS-Deh, underwent transmastoid resurfacing/reshaping, and were followed up for more than 1 year postoperatively. For PT, immediate and long-term changes (> 1 year) in loudness and annoyance were analyzed using the visual analog scale (VAS). Additionally, pre and postoperative objective measurements of PT using transcanal sound recording and spectro-temporal analysis (TSR-STA), imaging results, and audiological findings were comprehensively analyzed. Significant improvements in PT were sustained or enhanced for > 1 year (median follow-up period: 37 months, range: 12–54 months). On TSR-STA, both peak and root mean square amplitudes decreased after surgery. Also, the average pure-tone threshold at 250 Hz improved after surgery. Thus, our long-term follow-up data confirmed that the surgical management of PT originating from SS-Div/SS-Deh is successful with regard to both objective and subjective measures.

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“…The hearing thresholds for seven different octave frequencies (0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 kHz) were evaluated using pure-tone audiometry in a soundproof booth. The mean hearing threshold was calculated using the average of the hearing thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz (Han et al, 2019;Shim et al, 2019;Bae et al, 2020;Huh et al, 2020;Lee et al, 2020b;Song et al, 2020). At each subject's initial visit, we obtained a structured history of the characteristics of tinnitus including its presence, laterality, and psychoacoustic nature (pure-tone or narrow-band noise).…”

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Cortical Oscillatory Signatures Reveal the Prerequisites for Tinnitus Perception: A Comparison of Subjects With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss With and Without Tinnitus

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Just as the human brain works in a Bayesian manner to minimize uncertainty regarding external stimuli, a deafferented brain due to hearing loss attempts to obtain or “fill in” the missing auditory information, resulting in auditory phantom percepts (i.e., tinnitus). Among various types of hearing loss, sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) has been extensively reported to be associated with tinnitus. However, the reason that tinnitus develops selectively in some patients with SSNHL remains elusive, which led us to hypothesize that patients with SSNHL with tinnitus (SSNHL-T) and those without tinnitus (SSNHL-NT) may exhibit different cortical activity patterns. In the current study, we compared resting-state quantitative electroencephalography findings between 13 SSNHL-T and 13 SSNHL-NT subjects strictly matched for demographic characteristics and hearing thresholds. By performing whole-brain source localization analysis complemented by functional connectivity analysis, we aimed to determine the as-yet-unidentified cortical oscillatory signatures that may reveal potential prerequisites for the perception of tinnitus in patients with SSNHL. Compared with the SSNHL-NT group, the SSNHL-T group showed significantly higher cortical activity in Bayesian inferential network areas such as the frontopolar cortex, orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC) for the beta 3 and gamma frequency bands. This suggests that tinnitus develops in a brain with sudden auditory deafferentation only if the Bayesian inferential network updates the missing auditory information and the pgACC-based top-down gatekeeper system is actively involved. Additionally, significantly increased connectivity between the OFC and precuneus for the gamma frequency band was observed in the SSNHL-T group, further suggesting that tinnitus derived from Bayesian inference may be linked to the default mode network so that tinnitus is regarded as normal. Taken together, our preliminary results suggest a possible mechanism for the selective development of tinnitus in patients with SSNHL. Also, these areas could serve as the potential targets of neuromodulatory approaches to preventing the development or prolonged perception of tinnitus in subjects with SSNHL.

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Increased Risk of Psychopathological Abnormalities in Subjects With Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Cross-Sectional Study

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Association of Body Mass Index with Hearing Loss in Korean Adult Population

Association of Body Mass Index with Hearing Loss in Korean Adult Population

Longitudinal analysis of surgical outcome in subjects with pulsatile tinnitus originating from the sigmoid sinus

Cortical Oscillatory Signatures Reveal the Prerequisites for Tinnitus Perception: A Comparison of Subjects With Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss With and Without Tinnitus

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