AND OBJECTIVES: : Hearing loss is a major public health concern that hampers communication, social participation, and quality of life. To date, large-scale demographic and audiometric characteristic data for adults seeking hearing care services in China are limited....
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Discussion
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No actionable change for clinicians outside China, but the findings highlight unmet hearing-aid uptake gaps that are relevant for health system planning and epidemiological benchmarking.
Understanding real-world service utilization patterns in a large, underserved population helps identify systemic barriers to hearing care and informs global equity discussions in audiology.
- 01Analyzes hearing-aid service use and audiometric profiles in eastern coastal Chinese provinces.
- 02Identifies disparities between hearing loss prevalence and actual service utilization.
- 03Audiometric profiles of the study population are characterized and compared across subgroups.
- 04Published in Journal of Audiology and Otology; PMID 42947553.
- 05Findings are relevant to health-system planning and public health audiology, particularly in Asia.
There are observable differences in hearing-aid service utilization among adults with hearing loss across eastern coastal provinces in China.
studysupportedAudiometric profiles vary among adults with hearing loss in the studied regions.
studysupported- PMID
- 42947553
- DOI
- 10.7874/jao.2026.00185.
- Journal
- Journal of Audiology and Otology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Adults with hearing loss in eastern coastal provinces of China
- Intervention
- Observation of hearing-aid service utilization and audiometric profiling
Primary outcomes
Hearing-aid service utilization rates; Audiometric profiles across regional subgroups
