To determine the differences in the awareness of hearing loss and interest in hearing aid support measures in general community residents who did or did not attend hearing-related lectures. This study aimed to clarify whether self-reported hearing loss matched or deviated from audiometry results.
Targeted hearing-health education events may be an effective outreach strategy to increase hearing-aid uptake among older adults, but this survey design cannot prove causation.
Understanding what drives hearing-aid acceptance in community-dwelling older adults can inform public-health outreach strategies aimed at closing the global hearing-treatment gap.
- 01Survey compared older adults attending hearing-related vs. unrelated community lectures.
- 02Hearing-related lecture attendees showed higher awareness of their own hearing loss.
- 03Greater interest in hearing-aid support measures was found in the hearing-lecture group.
- 04Community-based education may serve as a low-cost pathway to earlier intervention.
- 05Cross-sectional survey design limits causal inference.
Older adults who attended hearing-related lectures showed greater awareness of hearing loss and interest in hearing-aid support compared to those who attended unrelated lectures.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42259064
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.anl.2026.05.006.
- Journal
- Auris Nasus Larynx
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Community-dwelling older adults attending community lectures
- Intervention
- Attendance at hearing-related community lectures
- Comparator
- Attendance at non-hearing-related community lectures
Primary outcomes
Awareness of personal hearing loss; Interest in hearing-aid support measures
