presbycusis

Question 1

what

Answer 1

age related hearing loss

type of sensorineural hearing loss

Question 2

mechanisms

Answer 2

loss cochlea hair cells
loss cochlea neurones
atrophy stria vascularis
reduced endolymphatic potential

Question 3

risk factors

Answer 3

age
male 
FHx
noise exposure
hypertension 
diabetes
ototoxic medications 
smoking

Question 4

presentation

Answer 4

gradual onset + insidious hearing loss
loss of high-pitched sounds first

others may have noticed decline in patients hearing

may be assoc tinnitus

Question 5

patients with hearing loss are more likely to develop…

Answer 5

dementia

and treating the hearing loss can reduce this risk

Question 6

Ix of choice

Answer 6

audiometry

Question 7

Mx

Answer 7

optimise environment
hearing aids
cochlear implants