Differences Between Self-Reported and Objectivel Measured Hearing Loss at Age 61–63 Years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Birth Cohort
Iskakova B. Forster L.N. Mann K.D. Brown M. Slack E.L. Rees A. Pearce M.S.
September 2023American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
American Journal of Audiology
2023#32Issue 3500 - 506 pp.
Purpose: Hearing loss is most prevalent among older adults, yet underemated by patients, clinicians, and research communities. This study aimed assess the accuracy of self-reported hearing difficulties among a group adults aged 61–63 years, against audiometric measures. Method: The analysis used a sample (N = 346) of the Newcastle ThouFamilies Study birth cohort. Data from audiological examinations and sreported hearing difficulties were used to compare subjective and objecthearing. Hearing aid use was also assessed. Results: Over 40% of the participants had some level of hearing loss (n = 44.8%), and 31% (n = 133) of these reported having hearing problems dusubjective assessment. Only 18 (10%) of those with objectively measured heing loss reported using hearing aids. Conclusions: There was an inconsistency between measured and seperceived hearing loss among adults aged 61–63 years in this cohort. The snumber of hearing aid users in the cohort is a concern, in that people iage group appear not to be getting the help they need. The data also athe research evidence that people at this age underestimate their hearing los.
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Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
School of Public Health, Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Population Health Sciences Institute
School of Public Health
Biosciences Institute
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