title: Associations between stress and hearing problems in humans.
abstract: Hearing problems are a public health issue with prevalence figures far more common than previously estimated. There are well-established risk factors of hearing problems such as age, sex and noise exposure history. Here, we demonstrate additional risk factors, i.e. socioeconomic status and long-term stress exposure that are found to increase the risk of hearing problems. In order to proactively intervene and prevent hearing problems, these newly recognized risk factors need to be taken into consideration. When taking these new risk factors into account, sex differences become even more apparent than previously found. The aim of this review is to summarize our recent findings about the associations between stress and hearing problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canlon
authors.forename: Töres
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Theorell
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hasson
mesh_terms: D052636:Allostasis; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000209:etiology