Lifelong occupational exposures and hearing loss among elderly Latino Americans aged 65-75 years

Oisaeng Hong; Dal Lae Chin; Madeleine J. Kerr

doi:10.3109/14992027.2014.973541

Lifelong occupational exposures and hearing loss among elderly Latino Americans aged 65-75 years

Oisaeng Hong, Dal Lae Chin, Madeleine J. Kerr

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Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between occupational exposures and hearing among elderly Latino Americans. Design: A descriptive, correlational design used for this secondary analysis with the data from the Sacramento Area Latino Study of Aging (SALSA). Study sample: A total of 547 older adults were included. Results: A majority of participants (58%) reported occupational exposures to loud noise and/or ototoxic chemicals. About 65% and over 90% showed hearing loss at low and high frequencies, respectively. Participants with occupational exposure to loud noise and/or ototoxic chemicals were, significantly, two times more likely to have hearing loss at high frequencies compared to those without exposure (OR = 2.29; 95% CI: 1.17 = 4.51, p = .016), after controlling for other risk factors of hearing loss such as age, gender, household income, current smoking, and diabetes. However, lifelong occupational exposure was not significantly associated with hearing loss at low frequencies (OR = 1.43; 95% CI: 0.94 = 2.18, p = .094). Conclusion: Lifelong occupational exposure to loud noise and/or ototoxic chemicals was significantly associated with hearing loss among elderly Latino Americans. Healthy work life through protection from harmful auditory effects of occupational exposures to noise and chemicals will have a positive impact on better hearing in later life.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S57-S64
Journal	International Journal of Audiology
Volume	54
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2014.973541
State	Published - Feb 1 2015

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The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr. Mary Haan who shared the subset of the SALSA data for this study. Part of this work was presented at the 39th Annual National Hearing Conservation Conference, March 13 – 15, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This research was partially funded by the National Institute of Aging (Grant number: AG12975), National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Grant number: DK60753), and National Institute of Nursing Research and National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities (P20-NR08367).

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© 2015 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society.

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Hearing loss
Latino Americans
Noise
Occupational exposure
Ototoxicants
Risk factors

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Lifelong occupational exposures and hearing loss among elderly Latino Americans aged 65-75 years

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