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Diabetes and Hearing Impairment in the United States: Audiometric Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
- Kathleen E. Bainbridge, PhD, MPH;
- Howard J. Hoffman, MA; and
- Catherine C. Cowie, PhD, MPH
- From Social & Scientific Systems, Silver Spring, Maryland, and National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
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View larger version:Figure. Age-adjusted and age-specific mean within-person pure tone thresholds.Values are averaged over both ears and presented by diagnosed diabetes status among U.S. adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2004. dB HL = decibels hearing level. A. Participants age 20 to 69 years (n = 5140), age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census. B. Participants age 20 to 29 years (n = 1209). This panel should be interpreted with caution; the data are based on only 10 people (most of whom probably have type 1 diabetes), and age differed between participants with diabetes and those without. C. Participants age 30 to 39 years (n = 1084). D. Participants age 40 to 49 years (n = 1036). E. Participants age 50 to 59 years (n = 838). F. Participants age 60 to 69 years (n = 973).
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