The Association Between Hearing Loss and Depression in a Large Electronic Health Record System.

Objective: Hearing loss (HL) is associated with depression, but existing datasets are limited by the type of data available for both hearing and mental health conditions. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is an association between HL and depressive disorders within a large bi-institutional electronic health record (EHR) system containing more granular diagnostic information.

Study Design: Cross-sectional epidemiologic study.

Age-based disparities in hearing loss diagnosis and treatment in the United States population.

Objective: To investigate age-related disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of borderline/mild hearing loss (HL) in the United States.

Study Design: A cross-sectional epidemiologic study.

Setting: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

Voice Disorders and Hearing Loss May Be Additive Risk Factors for Depression in a National Cohort.

Objectives: Hearing loss (HL) (receptive communication impairment) is a known risk factor for depression. However, dysphonia (expressive communication impairment), has received little study. We study HL, self-reported voice disorder, and combined impairment as risk factors for depression in a large national cohort.

Hearing Loss and Reduced Income Growth: A Longitudinal Socioeconomic Analysis.

Objective: Hearing loss (HL) has been linked to negative socioeconomic states, including low income. This study examines the relationship between HL and income growth.

Study Design: Longitudinal observational study.

Design and Methods of the Early Age-Related Hearing Loss Investigation Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Hearing loss has been identified as a major modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline. The Early Age-Related Hearing Loss Investigation (EARHLI) study will assess the mechanisms linking early age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and cognitive impairment.

Study Design: Randomized, controlled, single-site, early phase II, superiority trial.

National Cohort Data Suggests an Association Between Serious Mental Illness and Audiometric Hearing Loss.

Objective: To explore whether there is an association between serious mental illness (SMI) and hearing loss (HL) among US Hispanic adults.

Study Design And Setting: Cross-sectional epidemiological study (Hispanic Community Health Study), including multicentered US volunteers.

Methods: Multivariable linear regressions were conducted to study the association between SMI and HL.

Radiation-Induced Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Potential Management.

The cochlear apparatus is one of the major organs at risk when considering radiation therapy (RT) for brain, head, and neck tumors. Radiation oncologists currently consider mean dose constraints of <35 Gy for conventionally fractioned radiation therapy (RT), <4 Gy for single fraction stereotactic radiosurgery, and <17.1 or 25 Gy for 3- or 5-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery, respectively, as the standard of care.

Hearing Loss in Older People With Schizophrenia: Audiologic Characteristics and Association With Psychosocial Functioning.

Objective: The severity and impact of hearing deficits among adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders may become increasingly relevant with advancing age. This study evaluated hearing ability and associated psychosocial functioning among older adults aged 50-70.

Design: Cross-sectional analysis.

Assessing the Accuracy of Otomatch.com Data for Individuals Applying to Otolaryngology Residency.

Objectives: Otomatch.com is an online forum for residency applicants to discuss the otolaryngology match process including academic metrics. The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy of self-reported match data on Otomatch relative to official data reported by the National Residency Match Program (NRMP) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Correlates of hearing loss among adults with schizophrenia.

Background: Hearing loss (HL) is associated with adverse cognitive, mental, and physical health outcomes. There is evidence that across age groups HL is more prevalent in people with schizophrenia than the general population. Given that people with schizophrenia may already be vulnerable to cognitive and psychosocial disability, we sought to examine how hearing ability relates to concurrent levels of cognitive, mental and daily functioning.

Prevalence of Subclinical Hearing Loss in the United States.

Objective: Current definitions of hearing loss (HL) may be insufficiently strict, as subclinical hearing loss (SCHL; >0 and ≤25 dB hearing level) has been associated with deleterious age-related conditions. SCHL prevalence and mean age of HL onset in the United States has not been characterized.

Study Design: A cross-sectional epidemiologic prevalence study.

Association Between Hearing Loss and Multiple Negative Emotional States in the US Hispanic Population.

Objective: Hearing loss (HL) has been linked to commonly studied detrimental mood states, such as loneliness and depression. However, its relationship with other negative emotions remained largely unstudied. We explore the association between HL and anxiety, anger, hostility, poor self-esteem, and pessimism in a national cohort of US Hispanic adults.

Patient-Reported Postoperative Pain and Numbness: Applications for Endoscopic vs. Microscopic Ear Surgery.

Background: Transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) avoids a postauricular incision, which has been shown to minimize pain and numbness. Our objective is to assess how much patients value minimizing pain and numbness relative to other postoperative otologic outcomes. Methods: Cross-sectional anonymous surveys were distributed to otolaryngology clinic patients in a tertiary care center.

Impact of Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Disease-Specific and Conditional Survival.

 Race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES) are complex, interconnected social determinants of health outcomes. This study uses multivariable analysis on a combination of large national datasets to examine the effects of these factors on 5-year disease-specific survival (DSS) and conditional DSS (CDSS) for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).  A retrospective study of adults with NPC between 2000 and 2017 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER) registry was performed, using the National Cancer Institute Yost Index, a census tract-level composite score of SES to categorize patients.

Hearing Aid Usage and Reported Hearing Difficulty in Americans With Subclinical Hearing Loss.

Objective: Subclinical hearing loss (SCHL) (previously defined by our group as a four-frequency pure tone average [PTA4] >0 to ≤25 dB) has recently been associated with depressive symptoms and cognitive decline. This suggests that the common 25 dB adult cutpoint in the United States for normal hearing may not be sensitive enough. We aim to characterize real-world hearing difficulties, as measured by hearing aid use and self-reported hearing difficulty, among individuals with SCHL.

Hearing Loss Is Associated With Worse Socialization in the U.S. Hispanic Adult Population.

Objective: The association between hearing loss and socialization has been characterized in limited detail and primarily among non-Hispanic Caucasians. We aimed to study this relationship using more detailed socialization measures than previously used and focusing on Hispanics.

Study Design: Cross-sectional epidemiologic study (Hispanic Community Health Study).

The Laterality of Age-Related Hearing Loss and Depression.

Objective: There is a known association between hearing loss (HL) and depressive symptoms. The objective was to establish if there is a stronger association with the left or right ear.

Study Design: Cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing prospective epidemiologic cohort study.

A precision medicine tool to understand who responds best to hearing aids in late-life depression.

Objectives: Accumulating evidence suggests that hearing loss (HL) treatment may benefit depressive symptoms among older adults with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), but the specific individual characteristics of those who stand to improve most are unknown.

Methods: N = 37 patients ≥60 years with HL and MDD received either active or sham hearing aids in this 12-week double-blind randomized controlled trial. A combined moderator approach was utilized in the analysis in order to examine multiple different pretreatment individual characteristics to determine the specific qualities that predicted the best depressive symptom response to hearing aids.

Association of Hearing Impairment and 24-Hour Total Movement Activity in a Representative Sample of US Adults.

Importance: Lower physical activity (PA) levels have been proposed as a mechanism to explain the association between hearing loss and various adverse outcomes of aging. But whether hearing loss is associated with lower PA is poorly understood.

Objective: To evaluate whether hearing loss is associated with lower levels of PA.

The Longitudinal Association of Subclinical Hearing Loss With Cognition in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

Objectives: To examine the longitudinal association between subclinical hearing loss (SCHL) and neurocognitive performance.

Design: Longitudinal analyses were conducted among 2,110 subjects who underwent audiometric testing in a US multi-centered epidemiologic cohort study. The primary exposure was better ear hearing (pure tone average).

Age-Related Disparities in the Treatment of Borderline/Mild Hearing Loss in the United States.

To investigate disparities in hearing aid use across the life span for borderline/mild hearing loss, a cross-sectional epidemiologic study in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey was conducted. Multivariable logistic regressions controlling for hearing level analyzed the association between hearing aid use and age in borderline/mild hearing loss. Age was grouped into quartiles.