Barriers to Hearing Aid Adoption Run Deeper Than the Price Tag

Sternasty, Katherine; Dhar, Sumitrajit

doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2021.0172

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“…Hearing aids are also costly, and no country can afford to provide them to all its citizens who need them. But even in countries where hearing aids are provided by national health programs, there are still many people who do not wear hearing aids [33]. Hearing aid non-use may be common because while hearing aids help people hear better in quiet ambient noise situations, amplification is less helpful in high ambient noise situations [34].…”

Section: Noise Induced Hearing Loss Is a Major Cause Of Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?

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2024

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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Section: Noise Induced Hearing Loss Is a Major Cause Of Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?

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2024

J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol

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The prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States in 2019: a small area estimation modelling approach for obtaining national, state, and county level estimates by demographic subgroup

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Franco,

Reed

et al. 2024

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

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The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea

Byun

Kim

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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The Korean government started to cover part of the price of hearing aids ($200) for individuals with hearing disabilities in 1997, and the reimbursement for a hearing aid increased in 2005 ($300) and again in 2015 ($1000). The aim of this study was to evaluate the annual trend of newly-registered individuals with hearing disability according to the changes of the hearing aid provision scheme. Subjects with newly-registered hearing disabilities were assessed using Korean National Health Insurance Service (KNHIS) data from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2018. A total of 271,742 individuals were newly registered during the index period. Records of hearing aid prescriptions and hearing aid subsidies were used to assess the adoption of hearing aids. This study also assessed the intervals between registration of hearing disability and the adoption of hearing aids, as well as the number of hearing aid subsidies provided. From 2004 to 2009 there was a slight increase in the number of individuals newly registered with hearing disabilities, and from 2011 to 2015, the number showed a tendency to decrease. Then, from 2015, the number of individuals with hearing disabilities increased abruptly, and the proportion of subjects receiving hearing aid subsidies also increased. Between 2004 and 2018, the time interval from hearing disability registration to hearing aid adoption showed a decreasing trend. We conclude that the annual number of individuals with newly-registered hearing disabilities is affected by the level of the hearing aid subsidy, and there is much unregistered or unaddressed hearing loss prior to the introduction of realistic hearing aid provision.

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Barriers to Hearing Aid Adoption Run Deeper Than the Price Tag

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?

What is the safe noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?

The prevalence of bilateral hearing loss in the United States in 2019: a small area estimation modelling approach for obtaining national, state, and county level estimates by demographic subgroup

The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea

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