Sudden idiopathic 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_HL_IDIOP |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H912 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H912 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1142 | 611 | 531 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.71 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 56.23 | 54.99 | 57.66 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.36 | 1.96 | 2.82 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 45.62 | 43.86 | 47.65 |
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