About the Study<\/h2>\n\n\n![\"ENT](\"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/ear-exam-hearing2-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe study<\/a>, entitled \u201cAssessment of Risk Factors and Early Presentations of Parkinson Disease in Primary Care in a Diverse UK Population,\u201d was published in JAMA Neurology <\/em>in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\nPopulation Sample<\/h3>\n\n\n
The study was conducted in East London. The reason this location was chosen is because it\u2019s more racially diverse and economically impacted than the rest of the United Kingdom. This is significant because most other studies of Parkinson\u2019s have been conducted in mostly white populations.<\/p>\n\n\n
Methodology<\/h3>\n\n\n
The electronic health records of more than one million people who resided in East London from 1990 to 2018 and treated at primary care practices were examined by researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of this number, 1,055 people had been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s. Each of these participants was matched with 10 other people of the same age and sex who did not have Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The researchers looked back at three time periods before the Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis was made: less than two years, two to five years and five to ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n
Results<\/h3>\n\n\n
The study results indicated that some of the earliest signs of Parkinson\u2019s occur even earlier than previous research has shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two new potential early symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s were also identified: epilepsy and hearing loss. In fact, hearing loss was present up to five years before a Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis was made.<\/p>\n\n\n
Why the Link?<\/h2>\n\n\n
Experts aren\u2019t sure yet exactly why hearing loss and Parkinson\u2019s are linked. They suggest that it is part of the sensory impairment that is common with Parkinson\u2019s disease, which can manifest in many ways, including through hearing, sight and smell. For more information or resources regarding Parkinson\u2019s disease, contact Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma support group<\/a>. If you\u2019re affected by hearing loss, call Eastern Oklahoma Ear Nose and Throat – Yale Office to schedule an appointment<\/a> with an expert audiologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe study<\/a>, entitled \u201cAssessment of Risk Factors and Early Presentations of Parkinson Disease in Primary Care in a Diverse UK Population,\u201d was published in JAMA Neurology <\/em>in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n The study was conducted in East London. The reason this location was chosen is because it\u2019s more racially diverse and economically impacted than the rest of the United Kingdom. This is significant because most other studies of Parkinson\u2019s have been conducted in mostly white populations.<\/p>\n\n\n The electronic health records of more than one million people who resided in East London from 1990 to 2018 and treated at primary care practices were examined by researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of this number, 1,055 people had been diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s. Each of these participants was matched with 10 other people of the same age and sex who did not have Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The researchers looked back at three time periods before the Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis was made: less than two years, two to five years and five to ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n The study results indicated that some of the earliest signs of Parkinson\u2019s occur even earlier than previous research has shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two new potential early symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s were also identified: epilepsy and hearing loss. In fact, hearing loss was present up to five years before a Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis was made.<\/p>\n\n\n Experts aren\u2019t sure yet exactly why hearing loss and Parkinson\u2019s are linked. They suggest that it is part of the sensory impairment that is common with Parkinson\u2019s disease, which can manifest in many ways, including through hearing, sight and smell. For more information or resources regarding Parkinson\u2019s disease, contact Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma support group<\/a>. If you\u2019re affected by hearing loss, call Eastern Oklahoma Ear Nose and Throat – Yale Office to schedule an appointment<\/a> with an expert audiologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parkinson\u2019s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement. The most commonly-known, earliest sign of Parkinson\u2019s is a tremor in one hand, which then progresses to symptoms such as slow movement, stiffness and loss of balance. One recent study has uncovered other early signs of Parkinson\u2019s, one of which is hearing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Parkinson\u2019s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Population Sample<\/h3>\n\n\n
Methodology<\/h3>\n\n\n
Results<\/h3>\n\n\n
Why the Link?<\/h2>\n\n\n