Publications by authors named "L E Humes"
Noise Exposure History and Age-Related Changes to Hearing.
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
January 2025
Importance: Noise exposure is a major modifiable risk factor for hearing loss, yet it is not known whether it affects the rate of hearing decline in aging.
Objective: To determine the association of noise exposure history with the rate of pure-tone threshold change per year.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This longitudinal cohort study was conducted in the ongoing community-based Medical University of South Carolina Longitudinal Cohort Study of Age-Related Hearing Loss (1988 to present with the sample based in Charleston, South Carolina, and surrounding area).
Article Synopsis
- Over the last ten years, hearing healthcare has focused more on what consumers need, thanks to new technology and changes in rules.
- New hearing devices combine features from regular headphones and hearing aids, and people can buy them without a prescription.
- There are also useful online tools to help people check their hearing and learn about hearing loss, making it easier for everyone to take care of their hearing health.
Audiograms and Prevalence of Hearing Loss in U.S. Children and Adolescents 6-19 Years of Age.
J Speech Lang Hear Res
September 2024
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine median audiograms and prevalence of hearing loss for U.S. 6- to 19-year-olds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlmost since the inception of the modern-day electroacoustic audiometer a century ago the results of pure-tone audiometry have been characterized by an audiogram. For almost as many years, clinicians and researchers have sought ways to distill the volume and complexity of information on the audiogram. Commonly used approaches have made use of pure-tone averages (PTAs) for various frequency ranges with the PTA for 500, 1000, 2000 and 4000 Hz (PTA4) being the most widely used for the categorization of hearing loss severity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This report presents descriptive data on the demographic and audiological characteristics of US adults with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss, the primary candidates for over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids.
Design: The analyses are descriptive and present population-weighted responses for various self-reported demographic and audiological variables for adults with mild or moderate perceived hearing trouble. Results of pure-tone audiometry and immittance measures are also presented.