Article
Heritability of hearing loss.
Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Mar 2012
Kvestad Ellen, Czajkowski Nikolai, Krog Norun Hjertager, Engdahl Bo, Tambs Kristian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hearing impairment is one of the most common permanent disabilities in the western world. Although hearing ability normally declines with age, there is great individual variation in age of onset, progression, and severity, indicating that individual susceptibility plays a role. The aim of the present study was to explore the relative importance of genetic and environmental effects in the etiology of...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Audiometry
- Auditory Threshold
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hearing Loss
- Humans
- Male