More insomnia among people who have a sudden hearing loss
A sudden sensorineural hearing loss is associated with an increased incidence of insomnia, according to a Korean study.
In the study, the overall incidence of insomnia during the 11-year follow-up was 1.4-fold higher among people with a sudden sensorineural hearing loss than among people without sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
About the study
The study used data from the National Sample Cohort 2002-2013 data from the Korea National Health Insurance Service. In total, 3,155 persons participated in the study, with 631 people who had a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and a control group of 2,524 persons without a sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
The study, "Association of sudden sensorineural hearing loss with increased risk of insomnia: a nationwide population-based cohort study", was published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ and https://jcsm.aasm.org/