ArticleScientific reports2022
The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea.
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- Feasibility of a Smartphone-Based Hearing Aid App for Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss: Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Determining the Association Between Hearing Disability and Injury Risk in Older Adults Using Propensity Score Matching: Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2026Article
- Impact of hearing aid use on depression and quality of life in older patients with age-related hearing loss: A focus on social relationships.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Temporal Trends in Hearing Aid Utilization in Korean Adults: A KNHANES-Based Study (2010-2022).Journal of Korean medical science · 2025Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Hearing Aids in South Korea: A Multistate Markov Model Analysis.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Effect of changes in the hearing aid subsidy on the prevalence of hearing loss in South Korea.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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Abstract
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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