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Date
2024
Abstract
UVM Milton Family Medicine practice has a significant patient population of elderly adults who are experiencing age-related hearing loss. Age related hearing loss is very common in people over 65 – it’s the third most common chronic physical condition in the US. However due to both social stigma and a lack of health literacy many of them are not having their hearing changes addressed with appropriate audiology assessments and hearing aids. This project sought to further quantify the patient population in Milton with unaddressed age-related hearing loss by talking to local physicians and deaf, deaf/blind, and hard of hearing advocates. It also involved the creation of a pamphlet that outlines resources for audiologists, and information on what age-related hearing loss is, the risk it poses to one's overall health and how social stigma surrounding hearing aids should be combated.
Clinical Site
Family Medicine - Milton, University of Vermont Medical Center
Keywords
Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, Hard of Hearing, Health Literacy
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Disciplines
Medical Education | Primary Care
Recommended Citation
Pandaraboyina, Vennela, "Addressing Age-Related Hearing Changes" (2024). Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects. 990.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/990