The Lancet Healthy Longevity
Hearing loss linked to higher risk of death in adults
Compared with the reference group, relative rates of death were 1.19 for mild, 1.55 for moderate and 1.56 for moderately severe or worse hearing loss.Compared with the reference group, relative rates of death were 1.19 for mild, 1.55 for moderate and 1.56 for moderately severe or worse hearing loss.
Meta-analysis of 13,851 participants in Australia, Iceland and the USAHearing loss
Limit: The reference groups for the mortality risk estimates were not specified