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Association Between Severity of Age‐Related Hearing Loss and Co‐Morbidities: An Institution ‐Based Study in a Sub‐Himalayan Tertiary Healthcare Facility of North Bengal
Soumendu Bhaumik, Radheshyam Mahato, Monideepa Sarkar, Saumik Das and Shuvam Gupta
Page: 495-499 | Received 25 Sep 2024, Published online: 07 Jan 2025
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Abstract
Age‐related hearing loss or pres by acusis affecting a significant geriatric population, often with substantial negative impact on their personal and social lives. Age‐related hearing loss in geriatric patients co‐exists with co‐morbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia, though the correlation between them is still debated and relatively unexplored area. With gradual demographic transition towards higher prevalence of geriatric population in our country, clinical studies are necessary to explore any correlation between these comorbidities and age‐related hearing loss. All geriatric patients presenting with hearing loss in the OPD of Department of ENT of a sub‐Himalayan tertiary healthcare facility in North Bengal were evaluated for their comorbidities, if any, by reviewing medical records and recent laboratory report. They were evaluated clinically and their degree of hearing loss was evaluated by Pure Tone Audiometry. The collected data was evaluated and statistical analysis was done. In our study, 193 out of 468 (41.2%) of the geriatric patients presented with hearing loss. Among these 193 geriatric patients with hearing loss, 28.5% were diabetic and 9.8% had uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, 49.2% were hypertensive and 23.8% had uncontrolled hypertension and 22.8% dyslipidaemia and 3.6% had uncontrolled dyslipidaemia. Out of these 193 geriatric patients, 132 (68.4%) patients had age‐related hearing loss. 28.8% of these patients had higher degree of hearing loss and 62.1% patients had multiple co‐morbidities. On doing a multi variable logistic regression analysis, it was seen that, when adjusted for other predictors, older age (AOR 1.154), hypertensive (AOR 9.784) and diabetic patients (AOR 6.185) were at higher odds of developing more severe degrees of age‐related hearing loss as compared to their counterparts. Age‐related hearing loss, with the current demographic transition phase of India towards higher prevalence of geriatric population is affecting a large number of individuals. Age‐related hearing loss and its degree and the correlation with existing comorbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia among geriatric patients thus need insight in near future.
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Soumendu Bhaumik, Radheshyam Mahato, Monideepa Sarkar, Saumik Das and Shuvam Gupta. Association Between Severity of Age‐Related Hearing Loss and Co‐Morbidities: An Institution ‐Based Study in a Sub‐Himalayan Tertiary Healthcare Facility of North Bengal.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.36478/makrjms.2025.1.495.499
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