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.
- 02Case study of Linda Chee illustrates years of unaddressed hearing loss common among women.
- 03Gender disparity in hearing health-seeking behaviour is the central finding.
- 04Survey is industry-commissioned, limiting independence of the findings.
- 05Findings have implications for targeted awareness campaigns aimed at women.
Australian women are significantly less likely than men to prioritise their hearing health.
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