Development of audiometric parameters throughout the lifespan. I: Auditory data

IF 2.5 2区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Hearing Research Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2025.109308

Dora Čapková , Zbyněk Bureš , Jakub Fuksa , Václav Vencovský , Veronika Svobodová , Diana Tóthová , Michaela Vojtová , Sangyun Cha , Martin Chovanec , Josef Syka , Oliver Profant

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Abstract

Age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is a nonsyndromic sensorineural condition that affects the inner ear, auditory pathway, and related cortical regions to varying degrees, typically beginning around age 65. However, hearing can start to deteriorate as early as age 18 and can be negatively influenced by several external factors throughout the lifespan. Depending on the location and severity of the pathology, different aspects of hearing may be affected, resulting in various phenotypes of hearing loss.

The aim of this study is to determine average data for a complex battery of auditory tests for different age groups along life span.

Two hundred ninety (116 males and 174 females) volunteers between 18 and 87 years of age were enrolled in this study. All volunteers underwent meticulous auditory examination on our custom made audiometric device that consisted of following tests: pure tone audiometry (PTA) in quiet and noise (PTAN), high frequency hearing thresholds (PTAhf), detection of short tones (STD), sensitivity to interaural time delay (ITD), sensitivity to amplitude (AMT) and frequency modulation (FMT), gap in noise detection threshold (GDT), identification of frequency (FPT) and duration patterns (DPT), speech audiometry in babble noise (SIN), and gated (interrupted) speech audiometry (GS).

The data are presented as group means and standard deviations in six 10-year age categories (from 20 to 80) and also as regression fits along with the corresponding prediction bands. All reported results show a significant effect of aging on examined auditory parameters; however, the effect of aging differs. In following tests, the dependence is continuous and starts relatively early in life: PTA, PTAhf, STD, AMT, GDT, FPT; whereas in following tests the effect of aging becomes apparent only after the age of 60: PTAN, ITD, FMT, DPT, SIN, GS. Altogether, the results demonstrate clear, yet diverse effects of aging on various aspects of auditory processing and provide a baseline for future experimental and clinical investigations.

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整个生命周期中听力参数的发展。1：听觉数据

年龄相关性听力损失（老年性耳聋）是一种非综合征性感觉神经疾病，不同程度地影响内耳、听觉通路和相关皮层区域，通常开始于65岁左右。然而，听力可能早在18岁时就开始恶化，并且在整个生命周期中可能受到一些外部因素的负面影响。根据病理的位置和严重程度，听力的不同方面可能受到影响，导致各种表型的听力损失。这项研究的目的是确定一个复杂的听觉测试电池的平均数据，不同年龄组沿着寿命。290名年龄在18至87岁之间的志愿者（116名男性和174名女性）参加了这项研究。所有志愿者都在我们定制的听力测量设备上进行了细致的听力检查，包括以下测试：静噪声环境下的纯音测听（PTA）、高频听力阈值（PTAhf）、短音检测（STD）、耳间时间延迟灵敏度（ITD）、幅度和调频灵敏度（FMT）、噪声检测阈值间隙（GDT）、频率和持续时间模式识别（DPT）、牙牙学噪声环境下的语音测听（SIN）和门控（中断）语音测听（GS）。数据以6个10岁年龄组（从20岁到80岁）的组均值和标准差的形式呈现，并以相应预测带的回归拟合形式呈现。所有报告的结果都表明，年龄对所检查的听觉参数有显著影响；然而，衰老的影响是不同的。在以下测试中，依赖性是持续的，并且在生命的早期开始：PTA、PTAhf、STD、AMT、GDT、FPT；而在以下测试中，年龄的影响在60岁之后才变得明显：PTAN， ITD， FMT， DPT， SIN， GS。总之，研究结果清楚地表明，衰老对听觉处理的各个方面有不同的影响，并为未来的实验和临床研究提供了基础。

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Hearing Research 医学-耳鼻喉科学

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5.30

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14.30%

发文量

163

审稿时长

75 days

期刊介绍： The aim of the journal is to provide a forum for papers concerned with basic peripheral and central auditory mechanisms. Emphasis is on experimental and clinical studies, but theoretical and methodological papers will also be considered. The journal publishes original research papers, review and mini- review articles, rapid communications, method/protocol and perspective articles. Papers submitted should deal with auditory anatomy, physiology, psychophysics, imaging, modeling and behavioural studies in animals and humans, as well as hearing aids and cochlear implants. Papers dealing with the vestibular system are also considered for publication. Papers on comparative aspects of hearing and on effects of drugs and environmental contaminants on hearing function will also be considered. Clinical papers will be accepted when they contribute to the understanding of normal and pathological hearing functions.