Prevalence Trends in Hearing Aid Use Among US Adults Aged 50 to 69 Years With Hearing Loss-2011 to 2016 vs 1999 to 2004

Harry C Wu; Tara Thallmayer; Jennifer A Deal; Joshua F Betz; Nicholas S Reed; Frank R Lin

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1572

Prevalence Trends in Hearing Aid Use Among US Adults Aged 50 to 69 Years With Hearing Loss-2011 to 2016 vs 1999 to 2004

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Sep 1;147(9):831-832. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.1572.

Authors

Harry C Wu¹, Tara Thallmayer², Jennifer A Deal³, Joshua F Betz⁴, Nicholas S Reed³, Frank R Lin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
² Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence of hearing aid use among mid- to late-life older adults aged 50 to 69 years in 2011 to 2016 vs 1999 to 2004 in the US.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Hearing Aids / trends*
Hearing Loss / diagnosis
Hearing Loss / epidemiology*
Hearing Loss / rehabilitation*
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Nutrition Surveys
Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data*
Prevalence
Severity of Illness Index
United States / epidemiology