ADVANCING AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEARING CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS: FINDINGS FROM THE HEARS RCT AND ASSOCIATED STUDIES
Carrie Nieman, Hae-Ra Han, Frank Lin · 2024
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Carrie Nieman, Hae-Ra Han, and Frank Lin present a 2024 symposium report on a community model for hearing care. Age-related hearing loss harms health, yet few older adults use hearing aids, and gaps fall hardest on low-income groups. The HEARS program sends community health workers to deliver care with a low-cost amplifier and plain-language teaching.
A randomized trial, reported in a major journal in 2022, showed the program improved communication function. It was the first trial of worker-delivered hearing care that included a device. The cohort was one of the largest United States hearing trials among Black and low-income older adults. The symposium shares follow-up analyses from that trial. The authors argue the model can close access gaps at scale.
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| CREATOR | Carrie Nieman, Hae-Ra Han, Frank Lin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |