Linda Chee, whose hearing loss went unaddressed for several years, and her grandchildren. Image: Hearing Australia. New Hearing Australia-commissioned research 1 reveals Australian women are significantly less likely than men to prioritise their hearing health, showing that while women have a strong understanding of the social and emotional impacts of hearing loss, many are still putting their own hearing health...
No actionable clinical change, but audiologists should be aware of the gender gap in help-seeking and consider tailoring outreach to female patients.
Identifying that women systematically delay addressing hearing loss points to an underserved patient segment and a public-health communication gap for the audiology field.
- 01Hearing Australia-commissioned survey finds women significantly less likely than men to prioritise hearing health.
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