Conductive and sensorineural hearing loss
Description
sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear or sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures) or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | H8_CONSENHEARINGLOSS |
| Include | H8_HL_CON_NAS, H8_HL_SEN_NAS, H8_HL_MIX_NAS |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 13319 | 6721 | 6598 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 7.64 | 6.78 | 8.78 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 61.91 | 60.84 | 63.0 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 4.23 | 3.41 | 5.08 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 44.25 | 43.71 | 44.8 |
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