The More the Worse: the Grade of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Associates with the Severity of Tinnitus

Birgit Mazurek, Heidi Olze, Heidemarie Haupt and Agnieszka J. Szczepek
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Birgit Mazurek: Molecular Biology Research Laboratory and Tinnitus Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Heidi Olze: Department of Otorhinolaryngology CVK, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
Heidemarie Haupt: Molecular Biology Research Laboratory and Tinnitus Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Agnieszka J. Szczepek: Molecular Biology Research Laboratory and Tinnitus Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology CCM, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany

IJERPH, 2010, vol. 7, issue 8, 1-9

Abstract: Tinnitus disturbs lives and negatively affects the quality of life of about 2% of the adult world population. Research has shown that the main cause of tinnitus is hearing loss. To analyze a possible association of the degree of hearing loss with the severity of tinnitus, we have performed a retrospective study using admission data on 531 patients suffering from chronic tinnitus. We have found that 83% of our tinnitus patients had a high frequency hearing loss corresponding to a noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). There was a significant correlation between the mean hearing loss and the tinnitus loudness (p

Keywords: noise; noise-induced hearing loss; tinnitus; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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