Sleep Apnea Is Associated with Hearing Impairment: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Authors :: Franklyn Gonzalez
Phyllis C. Zee
Neomi A. Shah
Robert C. Kaplan
Elizabeth Dinces
David J. Lee
Molly Jung
Karen J. Cruickshanks
Howard J. Hoffman
David W. Appel
Sumitrajit Dhar
Susan Redline
Alberto R. Ramos
Amit Chopra
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries, 2016.
Abstract: Sleep apnea (SA) may promote hearing impairment (HI) through ischemia and inflammation of the cochlea. Our objective was to assess an independent association between SA and HI in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) participants.

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