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Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups

BACKGROUND: It was well-documented that extended high-frequency (EHF, above 8 kHz) hearing test could be more sensitive comparing with the conventional measurement on frequency below 8 kHz, regarding the early prediction of auditory damage in certain population. However, hardly any age-specific thre...

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Autores principales: Wang, Mingming, Ai, Yu, Han, Yuechen, Fan, Zhaomin, Shi, Peng, Wang, Haibo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34446093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-021-00534-w
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author Wang, Mingming
Ai, Yu
Han, Yuechen
Fan, Zhaomin
Shi, Peng
Wang, Haibo
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Ai, Yu
Han, Yuechen
Fan, Zhaomin
Shi, Peng
Wang, Haibo
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description BACKGROUND: It was well-documented that extended high-frequency (EHF, above 8 kHz) hearing test could be more sensitive comparing with the conventional measurement on frequency below 8 kHz, regarding the early prediction of auditory damage in certain population. However, hardly any age-specific thresholds of EHF in population with normal hearing ability were observed. This study aims to monitor the age-dependent hearing thresholds at EHF (from 9 to 20 kHz) in healthy hearing population. METHODS: A total of 162 healthy participants (from 21 to 70 years) with normal conventional pure tone audiograms were recruited and separated into five groups by age. Conventional pure tone average was performed with frequencies from 0.25 to 8 kHz under air conduction and from 0.25 to 4 kHz under bone conduction. EHF audiometry from 9 to 20 kHz was determined under air conduction. RESULTS: The effects of aging on hearing were evident at frequencies above 4 kHz. The hearing thresholds of EHF were less than 26 dB HL before 30 years-olds. Hearing abilities in EHF were deteriorated starting from the 31 ~ 40 group and were most obvious in the 51 ~ 60 group and the 61 ~ 70 group with the maximum thresholds of 75 dB HL. Sensitivity of EHF was inversely proportional to the frequency within each age group, and to age among groups. Subjects under 30 years old were totally responsive up to 16 kHz, and 52.2% could respond to 20 kHz. Meanwhile, no responsiveness was recorded to 20 kHz in the 51 ~ 60 group and even to 18 kHz in the 61 ~ 70 group. No gender differences in hearing threshold was observed within each age group, except an obvious decline at frequencies of 4, 6, 8, and 9 kHz in male participants of the 41 ~ 50 group. CONCLUSIONS: Hearing thresholds at EHF from 9 to 20 kHz were more sensitive than at frequencies below 8 kHz for hearing measurement, and aging inversely affected hearing ability at EHF in healthy population. Hearing thresholds at EHF deteriorated with age and raising frequency, while the upper frequency limit decreased with aging. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-83940482021-08-30 Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups Wang, Mingming Ai, Yu Han, Yuechen Fan, Zhaomin Shi, Peng Wang, Haibo J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Original Research Article BACKGROUND: It was well-documented that extended high-frequency (EHF, above 8 kHz) hearing test could be more sensitive comparing with the conventional measurement on frequency below 8 kHz, regarding the early prediction of auditory damage in certain population. However, hardly any age-specific thresholds of EHF in population with normal hearing ability were observed. This study aims to monitor the age-dependent hearing thresholds at EHF (from 9 to 20 kHz) in healthy hearing population. METHODS: A total of 162 healthy participants (from 21 to 70 years) with normal conventional pure tone audiograms were recruited and separated into five groups by age. Conventional pure tone average was performed with frequencies from 0.25 to 8 kHz under air conduction and from 0.25 to 4 kHz under bone conduction. EHF audiometry from 9 to 20 kHz was determined under air conduction. RESULTS: The effects of aging on hearing were evident at frequencies above 4 kHz. The hearing thresholds of EHF were less than 26 dB HL before 30 years-olds. Hearing abilities in EHF were deteriorated starting from the 31 ~ 40 group and were most obvious in the 51 ~ 60 group and the 61 ~ 70 group with the maximum thresholds of 75 dB HL. Sensitivity of EHF was inversely proportional to the frequency within each age group, and to age among groups. Subjects under 30 years old were totally responsive up to 16 kHz, and 52.2% could respond to 20 kHz. Meanwhile, no responsiveness was recorded to 20 kHz in the 51 ~ 60 group and even to 18 kHz in the 61 ~ 70 group. No gender differences in hearing threshold was observed within each age group, except an obvious decline at frequencies of 4, 6, 8, and 9 kHz in male participants of the 41 ~ 50 group. CONCLUSIONS: Hearing thresholds at EHF from 9 to 20 kHz were more sensitive than at frequencies below 8 kHz for hearing measurement, and aging inversely affected hearing ability at EHF in healthy population. Hearing thresholds at EHF deteriorated with age and raising frequency, while the upper frequency limit decreased with aging. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] BioMed Central 2021-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8394048/ /pubmed/34446093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-021-00534-w Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Wang, Mingming
Ai, Yu
Han, Yuechen
Fan, Zhaomin
Shi, Peng
Wang, Haibo
Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
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title_full Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
title_fullStr Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
title_full_unstemmed Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
title_short Extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
title_sort extended high-frequency audiometry in healthy adults with different age groups
topic Original Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8394048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34446093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40463-021-00534-w
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