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Hearing problem

MedGen UID:
82636
•Concept ID:
C0260662
•
Finding
Synonyms: Hearing Disorder; Hearing Disorders
SNOMED CT: Disorder of hearing (128540005); Hearing disorder (128540005); Auditory alteration (128540005); Hearing problem (300228004); Disorder of auditory system (362966006); Auditory dysfunction (362989003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021945

Definition

A disorder characterized by the partial or complete loss of the ability to detect sounds due to damage to the ear structures or inability of the brain to properly interpret or process the auditory signals it receives from the anatomic structures of the ear. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHearing problem

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Mothers' perceptions of universal newborn hearing screening in transitional Albania.
Qirjazi B, Toçi E, Tushe E, Burazeri G, Roshi E
PLoS One 2020;15(8):e0237815. Epub 2020 Aug 21 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237815. PMID: 32822384Free PMC Article
Organisation of a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Flanders.
Van Kerschaver E, Boudewyns AN, Stappaerts L, Wuyts FL, Van de Heyning PH
B-ENT 2007;3(4):185-90. PMID: 18265723
Primary physicians and the elderly hearing-impaired. Actions and attitudes.
Parving A, Christensen B, Sørensen MS
Scand Audiol 1996;25(4):253-8. doi: 10.3109/01050399609074963. PMID: 8975997

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hearing impairment, family financial support, and depressive symptoms among Chinese middle-aged and older adults.
Gao J, Zhu D, Deal JA, Lin FR, He P
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2022 Sep;37(9) doi: 10.1002/gps.5788. PMID: 36004947
Hearing Problems in Indonesia: Attention to Hypertensive Adults.
Fitriana M, Bai CH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jul 28;19(15) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159222. PMID: 35954575Free PMC Article
Hyperlipidemia and its relation with tinnitus: Cross-sectional approach.
Musleh A, Alshehri S, Qobty A
Niger J Clin Pract 2022 Jul;25(7):1046-1049. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_1465_21. PMID: 35859463
Searching for the Molecular Basis of Partial Deafness.
Oziębło D, Bałdyga N, Leja ML, Skarżyński H, Ołdak M
Int J Mol Sci 2022 May 27;23(11) doi: 10.3390/ijms23116029. PMID: 35682719Free PMC Article
Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing loss and their effects on quality of life.
Yigider AP, Yilmaz S, Ulusoy H, Kara T, Kufeciler L, Kaya KH
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Oct;137:110245. Epub 2020 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110245. PMID: 32658808

Diagnosis

Hearing Problems in Indonesia: Attention to Hypertensive Adults.
Fitriana M, Bai CH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jul 28;19(15) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159222. PMID: 35954575Free PMC Article
Evaluation of Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) in Vitamin B12 Deficiency.
Turan İ, Ünsal S, Kurtaran H
Int Tinnitus J 2021 Jan 25;24(2):74-78. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20200015. PMID: 33496416
Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing loss and their effects on quality of life.
Yigider AP, Yilmaz S, Ulusoy H, Kara T, Kufeciler L, Kaya KH
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Oct;137:110245. Epub 2020 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110245. PMID: 32658808
Type 2 diabetes and the risk of incident hearing loss.
Gupta S, Eavey RD, Wang M, Curhan SG, Curhan GC
Diabetologia 2019 Feb;62(2):281-285. Epub 2018 Nov 6 doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4766-0. PMID: 30402776Free PMC Article
A hearing problem.
Barnett S
Am Fam Physician 2002 Sep 1;66(5):911-2, 915. PMID: 12322781

Therapy

Hearing Impairments as an Overlooked Condition in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Simsir M, Yildiz MG, Karatas M, Dalgic A, Ozturk I, Tatar E, Eren N, Erken E, Gungor O, Altunoren O
Transpl Int 2022;35:10198. Epub 2022 Apr 12 doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10198. PMID: 35497888Free PMC Article
Risk factors for depression in the elderly: An umbrella review of published meta-analyses and systematic reviews.
Wu Q, Feng J, Pan CW
J Affect Disord 2022 Jun 15;307:37-45. Epub 2022 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.062. PMID: 35351490
Associations between adolescents' earphone usage in noisy environments, hearing loss, and self-reported hearing problems in a nationally representative sample of South Korean middle and high school students.
Byeon H
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 Jan 22;100(3):e24056. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024056. PMID: 33546006Free PMC Article
Hearing loss before and after cisplatin-based chemotherapy in testicular cancer survivors: a longitudinal study.
Haugnes HS, Stenklev NC, Brydøy M, Dahl O, Wilsgaard T, Laukli E, Fosså SD
Acta Oncol 2018 Aug;57(8):1075-1083. Epub 2018 Jan 31 doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1433323. PMID: 29384420
Prospective study of alcohol consumption and self-reported hearing loss in women.
Curhan SG, Eavey R, Wang M, Stampfer MJ, Curhan GC
Alcohol 2015 Feb;49(1):71-7. Epub 2014 Oct 31 doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.10.001. PMID: 25468591Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Hearing Problems in Indonesia: Attention to Hypertensive Adults.
Fitriana M, Bai CH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jul 28;19(15) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159222. PMID: 35954575Free PMC Article
Searching for the Molecular Basis of Partial Deafness.
Oziębło D, Bałdyga N, Leja ML, Skarżyński H, Ołdak M
Int J Mol Sci 2022 May 27;23(11) doi: 10.3390/ijms23116029. PMID: 35682719Free PMC Article
Risk factors for depression in the elderly: An umbrella review of published meta-analyses and systematic reviews.
Wu Q, Feng J, Pan CW
J Affect Disord 2022 Jun 15;307:37-45. Epub 2022 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.062. PMID: 35351490
Relationship Between Diet, Tinnitus, and Hearing Difficulties.
Dawes P, Cruickshanks KJ, Marsden A, Moore DR, Munro KJ
Ear Hear 2020 Mar/Apr;41(2):289-299. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000765. PMID: 31356390Free PMC Article
Type 2 diabetes and the risk of incident hearing loss.
Gupta S, Eavey RD, Wang M, Curhan SG, Curhan GC
Diabetologia 2019 Feb;62(2):281-285. Epub 2018 Nov 6 doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4766-0. PMID: 30402776Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Hearing Problems in Indonesia: Attention to Hypertensive Adults.
Fitriana M, Bai CH
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Jul 28;19(15) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19159222. PMID: 35954575Free PMC Article
Hearing Impairments as an Overlooked Condition in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Simsir M, Yildiz MG, Karatas M, Dalgic A, Ozturk I, Tatar E, Eren N, Erken E, Gungor O, Altunoren O
Transpl Int 2022;35:10198. Epub 2022 Apr 12 doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10198. PMID: 35497888Free PMC Article
Risk factors for depression in the elderly: An umbrella review of published meta-analyses and systematic reviews.
Wu Q, Feng J, Pan CW
J Affect Disord 2022 Jun 15;307:37-45. Epub 2022 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.062. PMID: 35351490
Evaluation of Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) in Vitamin B12 Deficiency.
Turan İ, Ünsal S, Kurtaran H
Int Tinnitus J 2021 Jan 25;24(2):74-78. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20200015. PMID: 33496416
Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing loss and their effects on quality of life.
Yigider AP, Yilmaz S, Ulusoy H, Kara T, Kufeciler L, Kaya KH
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2020 Oct;137:110245. Epub 2020 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2020.110245. PMID: 32658808

Recent systematic reviews

"The Dichotic Digit Test" as an Index Indicator for Hearing Problem in Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Utoomprurkporn N, Hardy CJD, Stott J, Costafreda SG, Warren J, Bamiou DE
J Am Acad Audiol 2020 Oct;31(9):646-655. Epub 2020 Dec 9 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718700. PMID: 33296935

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