Comparison of Self-reported Measures of Hearing With an Objective Audiometric Measure in Adults in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | Zendy

Dialechti Tsimpida | Zendy; Evangelos Kontopantelis | Zendy; Darren M. Ashcroft | Zendy; Maria Panagioti | Zendy

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Comparison of Self-reported Measures of Hearing With an Objective Audiometric Measure in Adults in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Author(s) -

Dialechti Tsimpida,

Evangelos Kontopantelis,

Darren M. Ashcroft,

Maria Panagioti

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.15009

Subject(s) - medicine , bivariate analysis , concordance , presbycusis , cohort , gerontology , population , longitudinal study , cohort study , logistic regression , hearing loss , socioeconomic status , population ageing , marital status , demography , audiology , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology

Key Points Questions Among middled-aged adults, are self-reported measures of hearing concordant with audiometry findings, and is potential discordance associated with age or lifestyle factors? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 9666 participants in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, self-report measures of hearing had limited accuracy and were not sufficiently sensitive to detect hearing loss. Hearing loss went undetected by the self-reported measures. Meaning These findings may inform public health policies relevant to selection of appropriate and validated tools for detecting hearing problems among middle-aged and older adults.

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