{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "kind": "condition",
  "id": "presbycusis",
  "name": "Presbycusis (age-related hearing loss)",
  "category": "chronic",
  "sources": "ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class HD68 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Presbycusis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559220/",
  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "verified_against": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
  "verified_date": "2026-08",
  "treatments": [
    {
      "id": 1528,
      "generic": "No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)",
      "line": 1,
      "is_adjunct": false,
      "form": null,
      "strength_mg": null,
      "adult_dose": "Age-related sensorineural hearing loss has no drug treatment; management is audiology referral for hearing-aid assessment and counselling on communication strategies.",
      "adult_duration": "Refer, with advice",
      "dose_source": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
      "rationale": "Age-related sensorineural hearing loss has no drug treatment; management is audiology referral for hearing-aid assessment and counselling on communication strategies.",
      "cautions": [
        "Asymmetric or rapidly progressive loss, or loss accompanied by ear pain or discharge, is not typical presbycusis and needs ENT referral to exclude another cause.",
        "No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to."
      ],
      "peds_mgkg_low": null,
      "peds_mgkg_high": null,
      "peds_max_mg": null,
      "peds_basis": null,
      "peds_unit": null,
      "peds_note": "Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.",
      "peds_min_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_max_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_age_min_months": null,
      "peds_age_max_months": null,
      "peds_age_bands": null,
      "peds_doses": null,
      "brands": [],
      "condition_id": "presbycusis"
    }
  ]
}