TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiological survey of acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss
AU - Sato, Hiroaki
AU - Kuwashima, Shigeru
AU - Nishio, Shin Ya
AU - Kitoh, Ryosuke
AU - Fukuda, Satoshi
AU - Hara, Akira
AU - Hato, Naohito
AU - Ikezono, Tetsuo
AU - Ishikawa, Kotaro
AU - Iwasaki, Satoshi
AU - Kaga, Kimitaka
AU - Matsubara, Atsushi
AU - Matsunaga, Tatsuo
AU - Murata, Takaaki
AU - Naito, Yasushi
AU - Nakagawa, Takashi
AU - Nishizaki, Kazunori
AU - Noguchi, Yoshihiro
AU - Ogawa, Kaoru
AU - Sano, Hajime
AU - Sone, Michihiko
AU - Shojaku, Hideo
AU - Takahashi, Haruo
AU - Tono, Testuya
AU - Yamashita, Hiroshi
AU - Yamasoba, Tatsuya
AU - Usami, Shin Ichi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant for Comprehensive Research on Disability Health and Welfare from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan (http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/) (S.U.).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/3/10
Y1 - 2017/3/10
N2 - Objectives: A nationwide epidemiological survey involving 23 hospitals in Japan was conducted and the predictive values of demographic data were examined statistically. Methods: A total of 642 patients from 23 hospitals, including 20 university hospitals, in Japan were enrolled in the study. Age ranged from 8 to 87 years, and all were diagnosed with acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss (ALHL) between 1994 and 2016. Demographic data for the patients, such as symptoms, gender, mean age, and distribution of ALHL grading, were collected and analyzed in relation to prognosis using Student’s t-test, χ 2 test and logistic regression. Results: Female gender (p <.013), younger age (p <.001), low-grade hearing loss (p <.001), and shorter interval between onset and initial visit (p <.004) were significantly predictive of a good prognosis. The prognosis for definite ALHL was significantly better than that for probable ALHL (p <.007). Conclusions: The severity of initial hearing loss, interval between onset and initial visit and age were important prognostic indicators for ALHL, while female gender was an important prognostic indicator peculiar to ALHL.
AB - Objectives: A nationwide epidemiological survey involving 23 hospitals in Japan was conducted and the predictive values of demographic data were examined statistically. Methods: A total of 642 patients from 23 hospitals, including 20 university hospitals, in Japan were enrolled in the study. Age ranged from 8 to 87 years, and all were diagnosed with acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss (ALHL) between 1994 and 2016. Demographic data for the patients, such as symptoms, gender, mean age, and distribution of ALHL grading, were collected and analyzed in relation to prognosis using Student’s t-test, χ 2 test and logistic regression. Results: Female gender (p <.013), younger age (p <.001), low-grade hearing loss (p <.001), and shorter interval between onset and initial visit (p <.004) were significantly predictive of a good prognosis. The prognosis for definite ALHL was significantly better than that for probable ALHL (p <.007). Conclusions: The severity of initial hearing loss, interval between onset and initial visit and age were important prognostic indicators for ALHL, while female gender was an important prognostic indicator peculiar to ALHL.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - acute low-tone sensorineural hearing loss
KW - nationwide survey
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U2 - 10.1080/00016489.2017.1297538
DO - 10.1080/00016489.2017.1297538
M3 - Article
C2 - 28366042
AN - SCOPUS:85016767671
SN - 0001-6489
VL - 137
SP - S34-S37
JO - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
JF - Acta Oto-Laryngologica
ER -