Does snoring contribute to XXXX ?

@entity1 @entity26811 @entity393 @entity25
It is well known that hearing acuity decreases with age. The precise mechanism responsible for this phenomenon, called @entity26811 , is unknown. One hypothesis advanced to explain this loss of acuity implicates chronic exposure to snoring noise. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether snoring is associated with @entity393 . We examined 219 @entity1 (63 @entity1 and 156 @entity1 ) referred to our @entity25 center. All of the @entity1 underwent nocturnal polysomnography with measurements of snoring, as well as standard audiometry (i.e., measurement of hearing thresholds at 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz, 3 kHz, 4 kHz, 6 kHz, and 8 kHz). Snoring was quantified by measuring three parameters: snoring index (SI = number of snores/h of sleep), average nocturnal sound intensity (dBav), and maximum nocturnal sound intensity (dBmax). We used simple correlation analysis to investigate the relationship between snoring and hearing thresholds; multiple linear regression analysis to determine individual contributions of age, sex, and snoring to the variability in hearing thresholds; and comparison tests to determine whether mild snorers had less @entity393 than severe snorers. None of these statistical tests demonstrated that snoring was a significant determinant of hearing. We conclude that snoring is not associated with @entity393 and is therefore unlikely to account for @entity26811 .
