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By Carrie Nieman, featuring Kevin DeMario Hearing loss is common as we age but hearing aid use, the primary approach to managing hearing loss, is not. Nationally, only about 15-20% of older adults with hearing loss use hearing aids. As with almost every other health condition in the United States, disparities in hearing health care exist based on race/ethnicity and socioeconomic…
Author: Dr. Frank Lin With the launch of the new website for the Cochlear Center, I thought it’d be a great time to talk about the broader picture for how a Center focused on hearing loss and aging fits into the broader schema of public health. Namely, when most people think of public health, topics such as preventing infectious diseases or reducing rates of cardiovascular disease generally come…
