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National representative analysis of unilateral hearing loss and hearing aid usage in South Korea
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-06T06:05:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-06T06:05:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-04 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/190152 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A definitive study on the prevalence of adult unilateral hearing loss and hearing aid rehabilitation is lacking in Korea. The purpose of our study was to investigate the prevalence of adult unilateral hearing loss and the factors associated with hearing aid use in patients with unilateral hearing loss in South Korea. We obtained data from 2009 to 2012 from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (KNHANES), a cross-sectional, nationwide and population-based survey in the Republic of Korea. We analyzed the prevalence and associated factors of unilateral hearing loss and hearing aid adoption by univariable and multivariable analysis. Unilateral hearing loss was defined as pure tone average. 41 dB in the worse hearing ear, and < 41 dB in the other ear assessed at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 kHz. From 2009 to 2012, 33,252 individuals participated in the KNHANES. Among them, the number of patients with unilateral hearing loss was 1632 (5.55%) and the prevalence of hearing aid adoption in unilateral hearing loss was 1.56%. We also compared the factors between hearing aid users and non-users. Occupational status (OR 3.759, 95% CI 1.4439.804), the hearing threshold in the better ear (OR 1.088, 95% CI 1.029-1.151), and hearing threshold in the worse ear (OR 1.031, 1.005-1.058) were found to affect the adoption of hearing aids. The prevalence of noise exposure at work in hearing aid users was significantly lower than the prevalence of noise exposure at work in those with no hearing aid. The prevalence of hearing aid use in patients with unilateral hearing loss in Korea is very low compared to other countries. Public health education is needed to increase public awareness of unilateral hearing loss, hearing aid adoption and its continued usage. Auditory rehabilitation should be actively recommended to patients with unilateral hearing loss. | - |
dc.description.statementOfResponsibility | open | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | PLOS ONE | - |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 KR | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Adolescent | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Adult | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Aged | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Aged, 80 and over | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Audiometry, Pure-Tone | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Cross-Sectional Studies | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Female | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Hearing Aids / statistics & numerical data* | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Hearing Loss, Unilateral / epidemiology* | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Hearing Loss, Unilateral / rehabilitation* | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Humans | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Male | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Middle Aged | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Prevalence | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Republic of Korea / epidemiology | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Surveys and Questionnaires | - |
dc.subject.MESH | Young Adult | - |
dc.title | National representative analysis of unilateral hearing loss and hearing aid usage in South Korea | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.college | College of Medicine (의과대학) | - |
dc.contributor.department | Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology (이비인후과학교실) | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Se A Lee | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Hyun Tag Kang | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Yun Ji Lee | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Jong Dae Lee | - |
dc.contributor.googleauthor | Bo Gyung Kim | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0232112 | - |
dc.relation.journalcode | J02540 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1932-6203 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32324804 | - |
dc.citation.volume | 15 | - |
dc.citation.number | 4 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | e0232112 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | PLOS ONE, Vol.15(4) : e0232112, 2020-04 | - |
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