Cancer survivors have a significantly higher prevalence of both self-reported and audiometry-confirmed hearing loss than the general population, according to data published in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
The findings confirm data published in prior studies, according to researchers.
“We expected that cancer survivors would have a higher burden of hearing loss — but [we] are still surprised to see that 40% of cancer survivors reported troublesome hearing and had audiometry confirmed speech-frequency [hearing loss],” Qian Wang, MD, MPH, assistant professor at