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Bamini Gopinath, PhD; Elena Rochtchina, MApplStat; Jie Jin Wang, PhD, MMed, MApplStat; Julie Schneider, PhD; Stephen R. Leeder, MD, PhD; Paul Mitchell, MD, PhD

Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(4):415-416.

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A recent article in the Archives investigated the prevalence of hearing loss among US adults aged 20 to 69 years, based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999-2004).¹ A hearing loss prevalence of 16.1% was observed in this study. In addition, associations between demographic characteristics, noise exposure, cardiovascular risk factors, and hearing loss were assessed. Potential associations between the severity of hearing loss and the described risk factors were not explored. We aimed to confirm the associations between severity of hearing loss and the risk factors assessed by Agrawal et al¹ and to compare our prevalence findings with theirs.

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The Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) is a population-based cohort study of sensory loss and other health outcomes. Ascertainment and survey methods . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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