{"id":50608,"date":"2021-04-09T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=50608"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:40:36","slug":"screening-for-hearing-loss-in-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/screening-for-hearing-loss-in-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"Screening For Hearing Loss in Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6974\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"Feltner-Cindy\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy-600x580.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy-301x291.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2018\/12\/Feltner-Cindy.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Cindy Feltner, MD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/cynthia-feltner-md-mph\/\">Cindy Feltner<\/a>, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology and\u00a0associate director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rti.org\/impact\/rti-unc-evidence-based-practice-center-epc\">RTI-UNC Evidenced-based Practice Center<\/a>, led a review for the US Preventive Services Task Force to update the evidence for screening for hearing loss in adults 50 years or older.\u00a0 The review was published in <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2777722?guestAccessKey=fcba9b51-f9cd-4ca9-a6ac-7b48135ad523&amp;utm_source=jps&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&amp;utm_content=author-author_engagement&amp;utm_term=1m\">JAMA<\/a>, along with the task force recommendation statement and commentaries.<\/p>\n<p>The review determine several screening tests can adequately detect hearing loss in older adults and there are no studies reported on the harms of screening or treatment. Evidence shows there is benefit from hearing aids on hearing-related function among adults with screen-detected or newly-detected hearing loss is limited to studies enrolling veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Other UNC reviewers included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/christine-kistler-md\/\">Christine E. Kistler<\/a>, MD, MASc, associate professor in the division of geriatric medicine, and Daniel E. Jonas, MD, MPH, associate professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jama\/fullarticle\/2777722?guestAccessKey=fcba9b51-f9cd-4ca9-a6ac-7b48135ad523&amp;utm_source=jps&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=author_alert-jamanetwork&amp;utm_content=author-author_engagement&amp;utm_term=1m\">Read the article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cindy Feltner, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the division of general medicine and clinical epidemiology and\u00a0associate director of the RTI-UNC Evidenced-based Practice Center, led a review for the US Preventive Services Task Force to update the evidence for screening for hearing loss in adults 50 years or older.\u00a0 The review was published in JAMA, along &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/screening-for-hearing-loss-in-older-adults\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Screening For Hearing Loss in Older 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