Educational Disparities in Age-Related Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Use Across Age, Gender, and European Region
Substantial variations in the educational gradient of hearing health across age, gender, and European regions underscore the importance of targeting specific subpopulations in efforts to mitigate health inequalities. Of particular concern is the regional discrepancy between the prevalence of HL and the use of HAs. The example of Northern Europe suggests that there is unused potential to improve healthy aging in Europe through enhanced access to HAs.
Authors
- Yana C. Vierboom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-5689)
- Donata Stonkute (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6413-0247)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Princeton University (US)
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae202
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.72
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto
- International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology
- Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- International Max Planck Research School for Advanced Methods in Process and Systems Engineering