Author(s)

Marius Claude Flatin^1,2*, Alexis AWC do Santos Zounon³, Cocouvi Bruno Ametonou², Fatiou Alabi Bouraima^1,2, Méré Roland Kimba¹, Spéro HR Hounkpatin^1,2, Wassi Adjibabi³, Bernadette Vignikin-Yehouessi³

¹Faculté de Médecine, Université de Parakou, Parakou, Bénin.
²Centre Hospitalier Universitaire et Départemental Borgou, Parakou, Bénin.
³Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin.

Introduction: Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss is a condition of in-sidious onset with significant socio-professional repercussions. The objec-tive of this study was to determine the impact and factors associated with presbycusis among 50 years aged people or older in Parakou commune during 2021. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study with prospective data collection. The study has involved 541 50 years aged people or older, from February to May 2021. For each of them, a questionnaire was completed, otoscopy and tone audiometry performed. The ERSA questionnaire and the logistic regression model were used to determine the impact and factors associated with presbycusis. Results: The mean age was 59.48 ± 9.80 years and the sex ratio was 1.23. The prevalence of presbycusis was 50.28%. Age ≥ 80 years (p = 0.002), male sex (p = 0.016), low educational level (p = 0.001), family history of age-related hearing loss (p = 0.018) and presence of hearing loss (p = 0.001) were significantly associated with presbycusis in multivariate analysis. Of the life domains studied, personal life (mean score = 32.9 ± 10.52) was the most affected. Similarly, communication in a noisy environment (mean score = 4.39 ± 2.39) was the most affected aspect of personal life. Conclusion: Presbycusis leads to an impairment of personal life. A good knowledge of the associated factors and an early management could contribute to the improvement of the hearing health of the elderly.

Presbycusis, Elderly, Hearing, Deafness

Flatin, M. , Zounon, A. , Ametonou, C. , Bouraima, F. , Kimba, M. , Hounkpatin, S. , Adjibabi, W. and Vignikin-Yehouessi, B. (2022) Impact and Factors Associated with Presbycusis among 50 Years Old People of Parakou and Over in 2021. International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 11, 56-73. doi: 10.4236/ijohns.2022.111007.