AUTHOR=Cui Yiran , Yan Yan 

TITLE=Association of all Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality With Hearing Loss Among US Adults: A Secondary Analysis Study

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 67 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604785

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2022.1604785

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objectives
Previous research revealed the relationship between hearing loss (HL) and all cause mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the associa-tion between HL and all causes and cause-specific mortality based on U.S. adults. 
Methods
Data were obtained by linking National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to a mortality database up to 31 December 2015. HL were categorized into four groups: good hearing, a little hearing difficulty, a lot of hearing difficulty, profoundly deaf. The relationship between HL and mortality risk was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression model
Results
Compared with the reference group (Good), those who had light or moderate hearing problems were at an increased risk of mortality for all causes (A little trouble—HR: 1.17; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.13 to 1.20; A lot of trouble—HR: 1.45; 95% CI: 1.40 to 1.51); deaf—HR: 1.54; 95% CI: 1.38 to 1.73) respectively. 
Conclusions
In addition, those in the deaf category have the highest risk of death from all causes and cause-specific cancer. More elder adults are associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in American adults.