Journal of Southern Medical University ›› 2013, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (08): 1243-.

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Survey and clinical feature analysis of the aged subjective tinnitus in a community

  

  • Online:2013-08-20 Published:2013-08-20

Abstract: Objective To investigate the basic incidence of subjective tinnitus in Xingui Community, Daliang, Shunde District,
Guangdong Province, conduct preliminary analysis on its clinical feature, provide scientific evidence for subjective tinnitus
prevention and cure in community. Methods Performed census in the entire population, totally 17253 people in Xingui
Community, then gave tinnitus surveys for the people who have subjective tinnitus, and finally conducted analysis and
evaluation. Results the morbidity of tinnitus in the investigated people is 28.7%. With the increases of age, the morbidity goes
up graually, but it is not statistically significant(P>0.05) among different age group, and between different sex. There is an
obvious correlation between tinnitus and hearing loss; Matching tone of tinnitus is related to the nature of hearing loss. The
morbidity of decompensation tinnitus is 3.2%, it is not statistically significant among different age group(P>0.05). Conclusion
subjective tinnitus is common in aged people, so it is very important to strengthern the work of subjective tinnitus prevention
and cure in Community.