Ten-year association between change in speech-in-noise recognition and falls due to balance problems

A longitudinal cohort study

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ID15375619
AuthorsLotte A Jansen (0000-0002-5286-6258, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, corresponding author), Marieke F van Wier (0000-0002-6464-1291, Amsterdam University Medical Centers), Freek P J Vernimmen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Thadé Goderie (0000-0001-8123-7808, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Raymond van de Berg (0000-0001-9734-8668, Maastricht University Medical Centre), Ulrike Lemke (0000-0003-0533-1012), Birgit I Lissenberg‐Witte (0000-0001-9448-1826, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Birgit I Lissenberg-Witte, Sophia E Kramer (0000-0002-0451-8179)
Year2024
Volume24
Issue1
Pages732-732
Publication date2024-03-07
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-024-18187-5
PMID38454406
OpenAlexW4392559888
LanguageEN
References cited70

A longitudinal association between the deterioration in SRTn and recurrent falls due to balance problems after 10 years was confirmed in this study. This result stresses the importance of identifying declines in hearing earlier and justifies including hearing ability assessments within fall risk prevention programs. Mixed results of hearing aid use on fall risk warrant further investigation into the temporality of this association and possible differences between men and women

Balance (ability · Biostatistics · Cohort · Confidence interval · Generalized estimating equation · Longitudinal study · Medical emergency · Odds ratio · Physical therapy · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Statistics · Demography · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Vestibular and auditory disorders · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine

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