Hearing Aid Use at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

Sarah Bessen; Wuyang Zhang; Emmanuel E Garcia Morales; Ellesse-Roselee L Akré; Nicholas S Reed

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3854

Hearing Aid Use at the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status

JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Nov 1;5(11):e243854. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3854.

Authors

Sarah Bessen^{1

2}, Wuyang Zhang^{2

3}, Emmanuel E Garcia Morales^{2

3}, Ellesse-Roselee L Akré⁴, Nicholas S Reed^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Optimal Aging Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines self-reported uptake of hearing aids and devices among older adult participants in the National Health and Aging Trends Study.