Hearing in Middle Age

The effects of age on hearing and middle ear function.

Audiometric test results from 933 community dwelling males and females were presented to obtain the norm for each generation after middle age. Three aspects were adopted in this analysis; the cross-sectional aging transition of pure tone thresholds, the comparison in the self-perceived hearing difficulty among generations and the evaluation of middle ear function using multifrequency tympanomet...

Middle ear impedance studies in elderly patients implications on age-related hearing loss.

INTRODUCTION Controversies arise with respect to functioning of the middle ear over time. OBJECTIVE To assess changes in middle ear impedance that may be related to aging, and/or if there was an association of these changes with those of the inner ear in the elderly patients. METHODS Cross-sectional, comparative study of elderly patients managed in ear, nose and throat clinics. A structured...

The associations between self-rated vision and hearing and functional status in middle age.

OBJECTIVES To describe the associations between self-reported visual and hearing impairment and an index of global functional status among community-dwelling, middle-aged Americans. DESIGN Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS A total of 9744 U.S. community-dwelling persons 51 to 61 years of age participated. METHODS Multivariate analyses of functional status based on cross-sectional data from Wa...

Spastic Paraplegia in Middle Age.

The Heart in Middle Age

A RECENT monogram issued by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, on "The MIortality from the Principal Cardio-vascular Renal Diseases During the Twenty-Years Period from 1911 till 1930," shows how great a factor these diseases are in influencing the death-rate. For the age period 1-24 years approximately eight per cent. of all (leaths are due to cardio-vascular renal diseases, wit...