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Aetiologies of acquired deafblindness in a national sample

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: The present study provides an overview of aetiologies and co-morbidities of acquired deafblindness in a Danish national sample of 514 individuals above 50 years of age identified with acquired deafblindness. Information was obtained from a survey and a register. The most frequent aetiology of vision loss was age-related macular degeneration (55.4%). The most frequent aetiology of hearing loss was presbycusis (53.7%). The most frequent aetiology of acquired deafblindness was the combination of age-related macular degeneration and presbycusis (41.5%). However, among the younger participants (50–59 years of age), Usher syndrome was the most common aetiology (62.5%). The aetiologies of acquired deafblindness are many and constituted by several different combinations of hearing and vision loss aetiologies. The most frequent aetiologies are age related.

Source: British Journal of Visual Impairment

DOI: 10.1177/0264619618758352

Authors: Jonas Henau Teglbjærg, Hanna Birkbak Hovaldt, Christine Lehane, Jesper Dammeyer

Institution: University of Copenhagen

Language: English

Topic: Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies

Subfield: Ophthalmology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Velux Fonden