Program Area: Health Sciences
Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jennifer Deal, PhD
Assitant Professor
Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Margaret Wallhagen, PhD, GNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN
Professo
Department of Physiological Nursing
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jennifer Deal, PhD
Assitant Professor
Epidemiology
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Emmanuel Garcia Morales, PhD
Biostatistician
Epidemiology
Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Pablo Martinez-Amezcua, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Hearing loss and aging represent the intersection of two major public health challenges. Over 1.5 billion individuals or almost 20% of the global population have hearing loss, where the largest burden is among older adults secondary to age-related hearing loss. By 2030, the end of the UN Decade of Healthy Aging, almost 2 billion individuals are expected to be living with hearing loss. Evidence continues to grow related to the negative consequences of hearing loss in the context of aging, both on cognitive and physical function. This symposium will share the latest findings on hearing loss and its relationship to a range of negative consequences from diverse large-scale cohorts. Specifically, the session will cover hearing loss and its relationship to cognitive health, including subjective cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric symptoms among persons living with dementia, as well as physical health, including frailty and physical function. Each presentation draws upon datasets from a large-scale epidemiologic study with varying types of data on hearing status and measures of cognitive and physical health. The covered datasets include nationally representative cohorts, such as the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), to longitudinal cohorts, such as the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC). The session will serve as a primer on available datasets that include data on hearing status and hearing care, including strengths, limitations, and analysis considerations. This symposium will provide tangible ways to leverage existing data in order to move toward intervention and build capacity around hearing health within gerontology.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Jennifer A. Deal, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Emmanuel Garcia Morales, PhD – Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Pablo Martinez-Amezcua, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health