Hearing Loss and Its Burden of Disease in a Large German Cohort—Hearing Loss in Germany

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<jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives/Hypothesis</jats:title><jats:p>Hearing loss is the most common sensory impairment worldwide. It restricts patients in many aspects of their daily lives and can lead to social exclusion. Understanding this burden is a mandatory requirement for the care of those affected. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the burden of hearing loss in a large German cohort.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study Design</jats:title><jats:p>Cohort study.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>The Gutenberg Health Study is designed as a single‐center, prospective, and observational cohort study and representative for the city of Mainz, Germany, with its district. Participants were interviewed concerning common otologic symptoms and tested by pure‐tone audiometry. The primary outcome was hearing impairment stratified by age and sex. The prevalence of tinnitus was estimated for a subcohort to calculate disability‐adjusted life years (DALYs). All results were weighted by the European Standard Population (ESP) 2013.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>A total of 5,024 participants (mean age: 61.2 years, 2,591 men and 2,433 women) were included in the study. Hearing impairment showed the following prevalence: 28.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 26.9%–29.4%) mild impairment, 10.1% (95% CI, 9.3%–11.0%) moderate impairment, 2.3% (95% CI, 1.9%–2.7%) moderately severe impairment, 0.2% (95% CI, 0.1%–0.4%) severe impairment, 0% (95% CI, 0.0%–0.1%) profound impairment, and 0.1% (95% CI, 0.0%–0.2%) complete impairment. Weighted for the ESP 2013 (all ages), hearing impairment across all levels (with/without tinnitus) causes a total of 2,118.97 DALYs per 100,000.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>With 40.9% affected, the hearing loss represents a relevant burden of the German population. Understanding this will provide the basis for future guidelines on how to care for these patients.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Level of Evidence</jats:title><jats:p>2 <jats:italic>Laryngoscope</jats:italic>, 132:1843–1849, 2022</jats:p></jats:sec>
Autoren
  • Berit Hackenberg
  • Julia Döge
  • Karl J Lackner
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Norbert Pfeiffer
  • Markus Nagler
  • Irene Schmidtmann
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Christoph Matthias
  • Katharina Bahr
DOI
10.1002/lary.29980
eISSN
1531-4995
ISSN
0023-852X
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
9
Zeitschrift
The Laryngoscope
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2021
Paginierung
1843 - 1849
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Wiley
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lary.29980
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Titel
Hearing Loss and Its Burden of Disease in a Large German Cohort—Hearing Loss in Germany
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
132

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Autoren
  • Berit Hackenberg
  • Julia Döge
  • Karl J Lackner
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Thomas Münzel
  • Norbert Pfeiffer
  • Markus Nagler
  • Irene Schmidtmann
  • Philipp S Wild
  • Christoph Matthias
  • Katharina Bahr
Hosting institution
Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
Sammlungen
  • JGU-Publikationen
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Published version
DOI
10.1002/lary.29980
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false
Open access
true
ISSN
1531-4995
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
9
Zeitschrift
The laryngoscope
Schlüsselwörter
  • 610 Medizin
  • 610 Medical sciences
Sprache
eng
Open access status
Open Access
Paginierung
1843 - 1849
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Public URL
https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7689
Herausgeber
Wiley
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2022
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Hearing loss and its burden of disease in a large German cohort—hearing loss in Germany
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
132

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