Association of residential altitude with pure-tone hearing thresholds in plateau residents aged ≤50 years: a cross-sectional study - Report - MDSpire

Association of residential altitude with pure-tone hearing thresholds in plateau residents aged ≤50 years: a cross-sectional study

  • By

  • Qingping Zhang

  • Guoqiang Jia

  • Shanhong Li

  • Haiyan Liu

  • Yulin Ma

  • Wenqi Du

  • Juan Ye

  • Ying Zhang

  • Tana Wuren

  • Yi Wang

  • Bin Guo

  • June 16, 2026

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Impact of Living at Different Altitudes on Pure-Tone Hearing Thresholds

Overview

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Background

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Data Highlights

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Key Findings

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Clinical Implications

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Conclusion

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  4. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2026 -- Effects of altitude and sociodemographic factors on cardiometabolic disorders in the southwestern plateau areas of China
  5. CPG: Age-Related Hearing Loss - American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), 2024
  6. Auditory function in humans at high altitude. A scoping review - PMC, 2023
  7. Guidance on chronic hearing surveillance at altitude
  8. Recent evidence on altitude and hearing
  9. A critical evaluation of “leakage” at the cochlear blood-stria-barrier and its functional significance - PMC

Original Source(s)

Association of residential altitude with pure-tone hearing thresholds in plateau residents aged ≤50 years: a cross-sectional study

  • by Qingping Zhang, Guoqiang Jia, Shanhong Li, Haiyan Liu, Yulin Ma, Wenqi Du, Juan Ye, Ying Zhang, Tana Wuren, Yi Wang, Bin Guo

  • June 16, 2026

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