Explore the intriguing link between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and the risk of cardio cerebrovascular disease in our latest blog post. Uncover how this groundbreaking research is reshaping our understanding of preventive medicine, and why it’s crucial to consider hearing health in cardiovascular risk assessments.
– by The Don
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Association between Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and the Risk of Cardio Cerebrovascular Disease.
Park et al., Laryngoscope 2023
DOI: 10.1002/lary.31186
Listen up folks, we’ve got a big study here, a very big study. It’s all about the link between sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) and the risk of cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CCVD) in older adults in South Korea. We’re talking about data from 38,426 patients – that’s a lot of people, believe me.
Now, the risk of CCVD includes both stroke and heart attack. They used something called propensity score matching to find pairs of individuals with and without SSNHL. We’re talking about 19,213 cases and controls – a very thorough job, I must say.
And guess what they found? Patients with SSNHL had a higher risk of CCVD. That’s right, a higher risk. And the risk was even higher for those who had a stroke. In the first 12 months of the follow-up period, patients with SSNHL were 1.69 times more likely to have CCVD.
So, what’s the bottom line? Older patients with SSNHL are at an increased risk of CCVD. We need to be more attentive, folks. We need aggressive monitoring of these patients to lessen their risk. This is a Level 3 Laryngoscope, 2023 study – it’s a big deal, believe me.