Prospective study of alcohol consumption and self-reported hearing loss in women》.pdf

Alcohol 49 (2015) 71e77 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Alcohol journal homepage: http:/ // Prospective study of alcohol consumption and self-reported hearing loss in women Sharon G. Curhan a, *, Roland Eavey b, Molin Wang a, c, d, Meir J. Stampfer a, d, Gary C. Curhan a, d, e a Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA b Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center for Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37212, USA c Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA d Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA e Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women ’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Chronic excess alcohol intake has been associated with irreversible hearing loss and acute alcohol intake Received 14 January 2014 may temporarily impair auditory function; however, some evidence suggests that long-term moderate Received in revised form alcohol intake may be related to lower risk of hearing loss. This study prospectively examined the as- 16 October 2014 sociation between total alcohol and individual alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of hearing loss in Accepted 17 October 2014 women. Data were prospectively collected from 65,424 participants i