@phdthesis{gablenz2018c,
 author = {Gablenz, P. v.},
 title = {Der Hörstatus Erwachsener in sozialepidemiologischer Perspektive: Tonhörvermögen und Prävalenz von Schwerhörigkeit},
 abstract = {This dissertation reports results from the cross-sectional study HÖRSTAT 2010-2012 which examined pure-tone hearing in 1903 randomly selected adults. Hearing thresholds, the prevalence and degree of hearing loss according to the WHO classification were ana-lyzed separately by gender, age, education, place of residence, noise exposure and occu-pation. From the sixth decade of life, prevalence among men was higher than among women of the same age. In comparison with results from most international studies, how-ever, gender differences were small and the age-specific prevalence rates were overall low. A social gradient in pure-tone hearing was observed in both gender using internationally applicable stratification methods. The association of pure-tone hearing and social position is attenuated but not repealed, when main risk factors are controlled for. Extrapolated to the total population in Germany, hearing impairment affects approximately 16% of the adults. Owing to demographic changes, the prevalence of hearing impairment is expected to increase in the medium term by around 1% per 5-year period.},
 tags = {HÖRSTAT},
 year = {2018},
}