ArticleTrends in hearing
Conceptual Model of Hearing Health Inequalities (HHI Model): A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Factors and mitigating strategies impacting receipt of healthcare by the Deaf community: an umbrella review.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
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- Situational analysis of health systems for ear and hearing care in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review and evidence synthesis to inform national policies and strategies.SSM - health systems · 2026Article
- Hearing screening for healthy aging: the U.K. should take a targeted approach.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- The role of socio-economic and lifestyle factors in hearing function in middle-aged adults.PloS one · 2026Article
- Prevalence of hearing loss and tinnitus among school-age children: a cross-sectional analysis of the PICTURE cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Spatial and temporal associations between physical establishment density and hearing difficulty across US counties.PloS one · 2026Article
- Reducing health inequalities in the deaf community: a priority setting exercise.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Dementia prevention requires moving beyond individual choice: the costs of effort and time intersect with social determinants of health.Neuroscience · 2025Review
- Assessing hearing health inequalities using routine health information systems.Journal of public health policy · 2025Article
- Hearing Impairment Among Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Rural Eastern Cape: A Retrospective Analysis of Audiometric Findings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Performance of Hearing Test Software Applications to Detect Hearing Loss.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- A scoping review on the nature of parental involvement among Pacific and minority populations with hearing loss.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Review
- Hospital care does not meet the communication needs of patients with hearing loss: A qualitative study of patient experiences.PloS one · 2025Article
- Consideration of health inequity in systematic reviews and primary studies on risk factors for hearing loss.Cochrane evidence synthesis and methods · 2024Article
- Association between hearing loss, depression, anxiety, and social isolation in middle-aged and older outpatients in Afghanistan.Qatar medical journal · 2024Article
- Cultural competence in NHS hearing aid clinics: a mixed-methods case study of services for Deaf British sign language users in the UK.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- New horizons in hearing conditions.Age and ageing · 2023Article
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- Digital Approaches to Automated and Machine Learning Assessments of Hearing: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Hearing loss is a major health challenge that can have severe physical, social, cognitive, economic, and emotional consequences on people's quality of life. Currently, the modifiable factors linked to socioeconomic inequalities in hearing health are poorly understood. Therefore, an online database search (PubMed, Scopus, and Psych) was conducted to identify literature that relates hearing loss to health inequalities as a determinant or health outcome. A total of 53 studies were selected to thematically summarize the existing literature, using a critical interpretive synthesis method, where the subjectivity of the researcher is intimately involved in providing new insights with explanatory power. The evidence provided by the literature can be summarized under four key themes: (a) There might be a vicious cycle between hearing loss and socioeconomic inequalities and lifestyle factors, (b) socioeconomic position may interact with less healthy lifestyles, which are harmful to hearing ability, (c) increasing health literacy could improve the diagnosis and prognosis of hearing loss and prevent the adverse consequences of hearing loss on people's health, and (d) people with hearing loss might be vulnerable to receiving low-quality and less safe health care. This study uses elements from theoretical models of health inequalities to formulate a highly interpretive conceptual model for examining hearing health inequalities. This model depicts the specific mechanisms of hearing health and their evolution over time. There are many modifiable determinants of hearing loss, in several stages across an individual's life span; tackling socioeconomic inequalities throughout the life-course could improve the population's health, maximizing the opportunity for healthy aging.
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