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 Moderate kidney disease linked to hearing loss

 Updated at: 2122 PST,  Saturday, October 02, 2010
 NEW YORK: Older adults with moderate kidney disease may require screening for hearing loss, according to the authors of a new study.

In the study, of adults aged 50 years and older, 54 percent of people with moderate kidney disease had some extent of hearing loss, while 30 percent of those with the disease suffered severe hearing loss.
 
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