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Audiologic profile of the jackson heart study cohort and comparison to other cohorts

Charles E. Bishop AuD, PhD

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The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Christopher Spankovich AuD, PhD, MPH,

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Christopher Spankovich AuD, PhD, MPH

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The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Frank R. Lin MD, PhD,

Frank R. Lin MD, PhD

Department of Otolaryngology–Head/Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A

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Samantha R. Seals PhD,

Samantha R. Seals PhD

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida

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Dan Su MPH,

Dan Su MPH

Department of Data Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Karen Valle MS,

Karen Valle MS

Department of Data Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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John M. Schweinfurth MD,

John M. Schweinfurth MD

The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Charles E. Bishop AuD, PhD,

Charles E. Bishop AuD, PhD

orcid.org/0000-0002-7833-2924

The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Christopher Spankovich AuD, PhD, MPH,

Corresponding Author

Christopher Spankovich AuD, PhD, MPH

[email protected]

orcid.org/0000-0002-5120-8712

The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Frank R. Lin MD, PhD,

Frank R. Lin MD, PhD

Department of Otolaryngology–Head/Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A

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Samantha R. Seals PhD,

Samantha R. Seals PhD

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida

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Dan Su MPH,

Dan Su MPH

Department of Data Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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Karen Valle MS,

Karen Valle MS

Department of Data Science, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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John M. Schweinfurth MD,

John M. Schweinfurth MD

The Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

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First published: 19 March 2019

https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.27920

Citations: 11

Editor's Note: This Manuscript was accepted for publication on February 19, 2019.

This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Communicative Disorders (5-R01-DC008371-01. The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is supported and conducted in collaboration with Jackson State University (HHSN268201300049C and HHSN268201300050C), Tougaloo College (HHSN268201300048C), and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (HHSN268201300046C and HHSN268201300047C) contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,; the National Institutes of Health, or the US Department of Health and Human Services.

The authors have no funding, financial relationships, or conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Abstract

Objectives/Hypothesis

The objective of this study was to determine the audiological profile of an African American cohort, identify related factors, and compare them to other datasets.

Study Design

Cross-sectional, longitudinal cohort study.

Methods

The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is a longitudinal cohort study of 5,306 African Americans living in the metropolitan Jackson, Mississippi area, with a focus on cardiometabolic health. The JHS Hearing Study (n = 1,314) was implemented to measure the prevalence of hearing, tinnitus, and balance outcomes and relationship to predictor variables. Here we present prevalence and covariate relationships in comparison to the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Results

The prevalence of self-reported hearing difficulty was 38.1% (n = 500). The prevalence of hearing loss based on audiometric pure tone threshold average (0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 kHz) of the better ear was 19.8% (n = 260) and for the worse ear 29.8% (n = 392). The prevalence of tinnitus was 29.5% (n = 388) and balance dysfunction 24.1% (n = 317). Relationships of hearing loss to demographic, cardiometabolic, and audiologic variables are presented.

Conclusions

These results demonstrate that hearing loss, tinnitus, and balance dysfunction are common issues affecting adult African Americans, and that hearing loss is related to numerous modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors. Furthermore, our findings are consistent with lower prevalence of hearing loss in African Americans compared to the non–African American populations. However, despite the lower audiometric evidence of hearing loss, nearly 40% of participants reported hearing difficulty.

Level of Evidence

Laryngoscope, 129:2391–2397, 2019

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