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This study evaluates how users of hearing aids and cochlear implants perceive musical sound quality when low-frequency components are degraded, revealing significant differences in sensitivity relevant to patient counseling and device optim
The CHOICE trial investigated whether hearing aid intervention reduces dementia progression in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and hearing loss, finding no significant reduction in dementia incidence but increased cognitive impr
A recent randomized trial demonstrates that bilateral hearing aids provide statistically greater benefit than unilateral aids in older adults with age-related hearing loss, although both configurations yield meaningful improvements.
A nationally representative 2022 study found hearing loss in 54.6% of Hispanic US adults 65+; only 8.3% of those with hearing loss reported using hearing aids, underscoring major access gaps.
A randomized crossover trial in older adults found that hearing-loss severity — not cognition or prior hearing-aid experience — predicts preference for slow versus fast compression; speech recognition in quiet and noise was unchanged by com
In 284,175 US veterans, nonmodifiable pre‑fitting factors—health comorbidity, mental status, prior hearing‑aid experience, age, race/ethnicity, and partnership—were independently associated with 2‑year hearing‑aid use persistence, beyond au
