Unmet Hearing Health Care Needs

The Beaver Dam Offspring Study

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ID11020175
AuthorsScott D Nash (0000-0001-5741-8537, Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), Karen J Cruickshanks (Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), Guan-Hua Huang (Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), Guan‐Hua Huang (0000-0002-1802-3855, Department of Public Health), Barbara E K Klein (0000-0003-2379-976X, Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), Ronald Klein (0000-0002-4428-6237, Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), F Javier Nieto (0000-0002-8100-0939, Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...), Theodore S Tweed (Scott D. Nash, Karen J. Cruickshanks, and F. Javier Nieto are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Karen J. Cruickshanks is also with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Guan-Hua Huang is with the Institute of Statistics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Barbara E. K. Klein and Ronald Klein are with the Department of...)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue6
Pages1134-1139
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.301031
PMID23597370
PMCIDPMC3670658
OpenAlexW2154625966
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited34

Objectives. We evaluated the use of hearing health care services (hearing testing and hearing aids) by adults aged 21 to 84 years. Methods. Hearing was tested and medical and hearing health histories were obtained as part of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study between 2005 and 2008 (n = 3285, mean age = 49 years). Results. Of the cohort, 34% (55% of participants aged ≥ 70 years) had a hearing test in the past 5 years. In multivariate modeling, older age, male gender, occupation, occupational noise, and having talked with a doctor about a hearing problem were independently associated with having had a hearing test in the past 5 years. Hearing aid use was low among participants with a moderate to severe hearing impairment (22.5%) and among participants with a hearing handicap (8.6%), as determined by the Hearing Handicap Inventory. Conclusions. Data support the need for improvement in hearing health care. Hearing aids’ effectiveness is limited if patients do not acquire them or do not use them once acquired. Future research should focus on developing effective strategies for moving patients from diagnosis to treatment

Audiology · Cohort · Cohort study · Family medicine · Health care · Hearing aid · Hearing loss · Hearing test · Test (biology) · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics · Medicine · Gerontology