Other specified/unspecified 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_NAS |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: H919/H918, ICD-8: 389 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: H919/H918, ICD-8: 389 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 4 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 739 | 385 | 354 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.42 | 0.39 | 0.47 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 57.04 | 55.91 | 58.27 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 6.63 | 5.45 | 7.91 |
Longitudinal metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Median nb. of events per indiv. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurrence at 6 months (%) | 23.14 | 21.56 | 24.86 |
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