Published by Gianna Melillo
New research underscores the strong association seen between migraine, hearing loss, and tinnitus among US adults.
An independent association may exist between migraine with subjective hearing loss (HL) and tinnitus, while otologic migraine—defined as the effects of migraine on the ear—may be partly responsible for the association between HL, tinnitus, neck pain and migraine. Results of the cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were published in Otology & Neurotology. Although the pathophysiology of migraine is not fully understood, the condition is commonly associated with tinnitus and HL. According to estimates, these chronic conditions affect approximately 25% and 20% of the adult population, respectively. To understand the association between the conditions among the US population, researchers evaluated the NHANES national database, which has gathered extensive health and diet-related information from thousands of participants since 1999. Researchers used data recorded by the database from 1999 to 2004, as this was the only time it included a migraine question. All individuals included (n = 12,962) were between the ages 18 to 65 and the majority (52.9%) were female....
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