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The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Tinnitus and Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Data From the LOST in Lombardia Study
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Jarach, CM (författare)
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Lugo, A (författare)
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Stival, C (författare)
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Bosetti, C (författare)
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Amerio, A (författare)
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D'Oro, LC (författare)
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Iacoviello, L (författare)
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Odone, A (författare)
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Stuckler, D (författare)
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Zucchi, A (författare)
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van den Brandt, P (författare)
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Garavello, W (författare)
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- Cederroth, CR (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Schlee, W (författare)
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Gallus, S (författare)
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- 2022-03-07
- 2022
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Frontiers in neurology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-2295. ; 13, s. 838291-
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- Although a direct relationship between tinnitus or hearing difficulties and COVID-19 has been suggested, current literature provides inconsistent results, and no research has been undertaken in older adults.MethodsIn November 2020, we conducted the LOST in Lombardia survey, a telephone-based cross-sectional study on a sample of 4,400 individuals representative of the general population aged ≥65 years from Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Individuals with diagnosed tinnitus and/or hearing loss were asked whether their conditions had improved or deteriorated in 2020 compared to 2019.ResultsOverall, 8.1% of older adults reported a diagnosis of tinnitus and 10.5% of hearing loss. In 2020 compared to 2019, among individuals with tinnitus, those with increasing severity (5.0%) were similar to those decreasing it (5.3%). Among individuals with hearing loss, more people reported an increase (13.6%) than a decrease (3.2%) in their disease severity. No individual with a diagnosis in 2020 of tinnitus (n = 6) or hearing loss (n = 13) had COVID-19. The incidence of tinnitus was lower in 2020 (rate: 14.8 per 10,000 person-years) than in previous years (rate in 1990–2019: 36.0 per 10,000 person-years; p = 0.026). There was no change in the incidence of hearing loss (p = 0.134).ConclusionsIn this large representative sample of older adults, on average neither COVID-19 confinement nor SARS-CoV-2 infection appeared to increase the severity or incidence of tinnitus. The increased severity of hearing difficulties may totally or partially be explained by physiologic deterioration of the condition, or by a misperception due to the use of face-masks.
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Jarach, CM
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Lugo, A
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Stival, C
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Bosetti, C
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Amerio, A
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D'Oro, LC
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visa fler...
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Iacoviello, L
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Odone, A
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Stuckler, D
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Zucchi, A
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van den Brandt, ...
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Garavello, W
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Cederroth, CR
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Schlee, W
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Gallus, S
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