Wilson Richard H, Noe Colleen M, Cruickshanks Karen J, Wiley Terry L, Nondahl David M
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Audiology/Research Audiology (126), Mountain Home, TN 37684-4000, USA.
J Rehabil Res Dev. 2010;47(6):505-20. doi: 10.1682/jrrd.2009.10.0169.
The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS) conducted in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, was a population-based study that focused on the prevalence of hearing loss among 3,753 participants between 1993 and 1995. This article reports the results of several auditory measures from 999 veteran and 590 nonveteran males 48 to 92 years of age included in the EHLS. The auditory measures included pure tone thresholds, tympanometry and acoustic reflexes, word recognition in quiet and in competing message, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S) version. Hearing loss in the auditory domains of pure tone thresholds, word recognition in quiet, and word recognition in competing message increased with age but were not significantly different for the veterans and nonveterans. No significant differences were found between participant groups on the HHIE-S; however, regarding hearing aid usage, mixed differences were found.
在威斯康星州比弗代尔进行的听力损失流行病学研究(EHLS)是一项基于人群的研究,重点关注1993年至1995年间3753名参与者的听力损失患病率。本文报告了EHLS中999名48至92岁退伍军人男性和590名非退伍军人男性的几项听力测量结果。听力测量包括纯音阈值、鼓室图和声反射、安静环境和竞争信息中的单词识别,以及老年人听力障碍筛查量表(HHIE-S)版本。在纯音阈值、安静环境中的单词识别和竞争信息中的单词识别等听力领域,听力损失随年龄增长而增加,但退伍军人和非退伍军人之间没有显著差异。在HHIE-S上,参与者组之间未发现显著差异;然而,在助听器使用方面,发现了混合差异。