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

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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)

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

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  • Birgit Mazurek & Heidi Olze & Heidemarie Haupt & Agnieszka J. Szczepek, 2010. "The More the Worse: the Grade of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Associates with the Severity of Tinnitus," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(8), pages 1-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:7:y:2010:i:8:p:3071-3079:d:9171
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    1. Weronika Swierniak & Elzbieta Gos & Piotr Henryk Skarzynski & Natalia Czajka & Henryk Skarzynski, 2020. "Personal Music Players Use and Other Noise Hazards among Children 11 to 12 Years Old," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-10, September.

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