Seo Jae-Hyun, Jeon Eun-Ju, Park Yong-Soo, Kim Junhyun, Chang Ki-Hong, Yeo Sang-Won
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Yonsei Med J. 2014 Nov;55(6):1678-82. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2014.55.6.1678.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of meteorological factors on the onset of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL).
Meteorological data from 2005 to 2011 were obtained from the web-based "Monthly Weather Reports of the Meteorological Administration" database. Patients with ISSHL who visited our hospital during this same period and presented the precise day on which hearing loss developed were included in this retrospective study. Twelve meteorological factors were analyzed between the days when ISSHL onset was observed as well as the days when ISSHL did not occur. The weather conditions occurring 1-7 days before ISSHL onset were also analyzed to assess any possible delayed effects of meteorological factors on the onset of ISSHL.
During the study period, 607 patients were included for the study. Although mean and maximal wind velocities were higher for the days when ISSHL occurred than the days without ISSHL onset, after adjusting the value for multiple comparisons, we cannot find any significant relationship between any of meteorological factors and the onset of ISSHL. However, in analysis of time lag effect of the weather conditions, we found that there was still a significant difference in maximum wind speed on 5 days before ISSHL onset even after applying Bonferroni correction.
The result of this study suggests that stronger wind speed may be related to the occurrence of ISSHL.
本研究的目的是评估气象因素对特发性突发性感音神经性听力损失（ISSHL）发病的影响。
2005年至2011年的气象数据来自基于网络的“气象管理局月度天气报告”数据库。本回顾性研究纳入了在此期间到我院就诊且提供了听力损失发生确切日期的ISSHL患者。分析了观察到ISSHL发病当天与未发生ISSHL当天之间的12个气象因素。还分析了ISSHL发病前1 - 7天的天气状况，以评估气象因素对ISSHL发病的任何可能延迟影响。
在研究期间，607例患者纳入研究。虽然ISSHL发生当天的平均风速和最大风速高于未发生ISSHL的当天，但在调整多重比较值后，我们未发现任何气象因素与ISSHL发病之间存在显著关系。然而，在天气状况的时间滞后效应分析中，即使应用Bonferroni校正后，我们发现ISSHL发病前5天的最大风速仍存在显著差异。
本研究结果表明较强风速可能与ISSHL的发生有关。
