Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2436140.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36140.

Hearing Aid Use Trends Among Older Adults by Income and Metropolitan vs Nonmetropolitan Residence

Sarah Y Bessen  1   2 , Wuyang Zhang  2   3 , Emmanuel Garcia-Morales  2   3 , Jennifer A Deal  2   3 , Nicholas S Reed  2   4
Affiliations

Hearing Aid Use Trends Among Older Adults by Income and Metropolitan vs Nonmetropolitan Residence

Sarah Y Bessen et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of hearing aid use among older US adults with hearing loss and stratifies the findings by income and metropolitan vs nonmetropolitan residence.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bessen reported receiving grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders during the conduct of the study. Dr Deal reported receiving grants from the National Institute on Aging during the conduct of the study. Dr Reed reported receiving grants from the National Institute on Aging during the conduct of the study and serving as a member of the advisory board for Neosensory. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure.
Figure.. Prevalence of Hearing Aid Use Among US Adults 65 Years and Older in the National Health and Aging Trends Study, 2011 to 2022
Prevalence estimates from 2011, 2015, and 2022 (dashed vertical lines) include a nationally representative sample.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine . In: Blazer DG, Domnitz S, Liverman CT, eds. Hearing Health Care for Adults: Priorities for Improving Access and Affordability. National Academies Press; 2016. Accessed December 31, 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK367633/ - PubMed
    1. National Health & Aging Trends Study. Accessed August 14, 2024. http://www.NHATS.org
    1. 2013 Rural-Urban Continuum codes. US Dept of Agriculture, Economic Research Service . Updated December 10, 2020. Accessed August 14, 2024. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes
    1. Jiao R, Freedman VA, Schneider B, Schrack J. National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS): development of round 12 survey weights. NHATS technical paper #37. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; 2023.
    1. Rein DB, Franco C, Reed NS, et al. . The prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States in 2019: a small area estimation modelling approach for obtaining national, state, and county level estimates by demographic subgroup. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024;30:100670. doi:10.1016/j.lana.2023.100670 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

Publication types