Reporting by Physician's Briefing Staff
Hearing loss (HL) and dual sensory loss (DSL) are associated with excess all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, according to a review published online Dec. 30 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
Benjamin Kye Jyn Tan, from the National University of Singapore, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify studies evaluating associations between HL or DSL and mortality.
Based on 14 retrospective and 13 prospective observational studies (1.2 million participants)....
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