{"id":4869,"date":"2018-06-21T10:44:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T10:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/?p=4869"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:22:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:22:20","slug":"can-secondhand-smoke-cause-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/can-secondhand-smoke-cause-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Secondhand Smoke Cause Hearing Loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pediatric hearing loss can be caused by a number of factors, including:<\/p>\n
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Researchers from Japan looked into another possible cause \u2013 cigarette smoke<\/a>. The study<\/a>, published in Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology looked at the data of more than 50,000 children born between 2004 and 2010. They were specifically looking at the development of hearing loss in these children by the age of three.<\/p>\n The children\u2019s exposure to smoke was broken down as follows:<\/p>\n Hearing loss<\/a> was measured with a whispered hearing test and the amount of smoke the children were exposed to was determined by a questionnaire.<\/p>\n\n
The Results<\/h2>\n