ReviewAnnual review of public health2026
Hearing Loss Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Disparities, and Gaps in Research.
Review in Annual review of public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Hearing Loss and Dementia: Risk Factor, Early Marker, or Both?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Investigation of the Effects of Cadherin 23 and Oncomodulin on Early Progressive Hearing Loss Using a New Oncomodulin Mouse Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- [Elucidating the gene-environment interplay in risk factors for Age-related hearing loss].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026Article
- Advances in pathogenesis, novel therapeutic strategies and interventions for age-related hearing loss.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Association of vitamin D deficiency with incident depression in patients with hearing impairment: an observational retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
The number of older adults with hearing loss increases dramatically with age, as does hearing loss severity, yet hearing aid use lags substantially behind prevalence, due, in part, to affordability and accessibility barriers for hearing care. Recent studies have demonstrated that hearing loss is closely linked to the onset of dementia; declines in cognitive, physical, and social function; and poorer health care utilization. Recent gold-standard randomized controlled trials suggest that hearing care modifies poor health outcomes in some older adults. Concurrent with research, policy efforts have attempted to narrow the gap in hearing aid ownership among older adults with hearing loss. This article reviews the evidence and gaps in research on an issue of critical health and economic importance.
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