High-Frequency Audiometry for Early Detection of Hearing Loss: A Narrative Review

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F21%3AA2202D88" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/21:A2202D88 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4702" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4702</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094702" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18094702</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

High-Frequency Audiometry for Early Detection of Hearing Loss: A Narrative Review

Original language description

The WHO considers hearing loss to be a major global problem. A literature search was conducted to see whether high-frequency audiometry (HFA) could be used for the early detection of hearing loss. A further aim was to see whether any differences exist in the hearing threshold using conventional audiometry (CA) and HFA in workers of different age groups exposed to workplace noise. Our search of electronic databases yielded a total of 5938 scientific papers. The inclusion criteria were the keywords 'high frequency' and 'audiometry' appearing anywhere in the article and the participation of unexposed people or a group exposed to workplace noise. Fifteen studies met these conditions; the sample size varied (51-645 people), and the age range of the people studied was 5-90 years. Commercial high-frequency audiometers and high-frequency headphones were used. In populations unexposed to workplace noise, significantly higher thresholds of 14-16 kHz were found. In populations with exposure to workplace noise, significantly higher statistical thresholds were found for the exposed group (EG) compared with the control group (CG) at frequencies of 9-18 kHz, especially at 16 kHz. The studies also showed higher hearing thresholds of 10-16 kHz in respondents aged under 31 years following the use of personal listening devices (PLDs) for longer than 5 years. The effect of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) first became apparent for HFA rather than CA. However, normative data have not yet been collected. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a uniform evaluation protocol accounting for age, sex, comorbidities and exposures, as well as for younger respondents using PLDs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

<a href="/en/project/TJ04000059" target="_blank" >TJ04000059: Quality of life improvement by early detection of hearing loss using high-frequency audiometry</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

ISSN

1660-4601

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000650239800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85104716378