Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hear Res. 2013 Jan;295:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.08.015. Epub 2012 Sep 12.
Hearing problems are a public health issue with prevalence figures far more common than previously estimated. There are well-established risk factors of hearing problems such as age, sex and noise exposure history. Here, we demonstrate additional risk factors, i.e. socioeconomic status and long-term stress exposure that are found to increase the risk of hearing problems. In order to proactively intervene and prevent hearing problems, these newly recognized risk factors need to be taken into consideration. When taking these new risk factors into account, sex differences become even more apparent than previously found. The aim of this review is to summarize our recent findings about the associations between stress and hearing problems.
听力问题是一个公共卫生问题，其患病率远高于此前的估计。有一些已被证实的听力问题的风险因素，如年龄、性别和噪声暴露史。在这里，我们展示了一些额外的风险因素，即社会经济地位和长期压力暴露，这些因素被发现会增加听力问题的风险。为了主动干预和预防听力问题，需要考虑这些新识别的风险因素。当考虑这些新的风险因素时，性别差异比之前发现的更加明显。本文综述的目的是总结我们最近关于压力与听力问题之间关联的发现。
