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This study evaluates associations amongst noise exposure, auditory health and sleep outcomes and explores mediation by tinnitus and HL.\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A total of 8539 participants were enrolled using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2006\u20132020). Logistic regression and mediation analysis examined associations amongst noise exposure, auditory health and sleep outcomes.\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Noise exposure (workplace: adjusted odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20091.145, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.015\u20131.292,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.027; off-work: adjusted OR\u2009=\u20091.165, 95% CI: 1.005\u20131.348,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.042) and tinnitus (adjusted OR\u2009=\u20091.648, 95% CI: 1.442\u20131.882,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001) were positively associated with trouble sleeping, and speech-frequency HL (SFHL) showed a protective effect (adjusted OR\u2009=\u20090.767, 95% CI: 0.660\u20130.891,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u20090.001). The association between noise exposure and trouble sleeping was significantly mediated by tinnitus and depression (accounting for 12.76%\u201337.80% of total effects) but not by SFHL. Subgroup analyses showed that SFHL was only significantly associated with trouble sleeping in the subgroups of those unexposed to a noise environment, whereas tinnitus was significant in each subgroup. Restricted cubic spline analyses showed that hearing thresholds \u226520\u2009dB were linked to reduced risk of trouble sleeping, with nonlinear (inverted U-shaped) trends in the subgroups of noise-exposed workplace and noise-unexposed off-work.\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    &gt; Workplace and off-work noise exposures are closely associated with trouble sleeping, with tinnitus mediating this association and SFHL exerting a protective effect. 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