Abstract
To suggest the most adaptable criteria of age-related hearing loss (ARHL) using prevalence matching with population-based data. We chose 30, 25, 20, and 15 dB as gap ranges of cutoff values of the descending type of hearing loss, between an average of low (500Hz, 1kHz) and high (4kHz, 6kHz) frequencies. Interaural difference was defined as 10 or 15dB. Hearing loss was defined over 25dB. We compared the prevalence results of the cross-matching criteria. We used population-based data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. We assumed that the prevalence of ARHL ranged from 25 to 35%, and this prevalence will increase gradually with age. Among the eight possible criteria, age ≥ 65years, average of all frequencies > 25dB at the each sides, gap between low- and high frequencies ≥ 20dB, and interaural difference ≤ 10dB were the most suitable criteria to suggest a quantitative definition of ARHL audiometrically. In the current study, we recommend the new, quantitative ARHL criteria. The suggested criteria for ARHL might be easily accessed by other researchers to demonstrate their own hypotheses.
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