- Background
- Introduces hearing loss as a public health issue and provides a framework for evaluating how hearing loss is important to the health of older adults, including a discussion of basic epidemiologic study design. Provides a rationale for why hearing loss may be related to dementia diagnosis in older adults.
- Hearing and Outcomes
- Summarizes current epidemiologic research linking hearing loss to cognitive and healthcare outcomes in older adults, including dementia.
- Application and Translation
- Presents an overview of hearing’s impact on healthcare utilization, and of the translation of population based research into policy and interventions.