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United States Hearing Loss Prevalence 1976-2006

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
United States of America (USA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1976 - 12/2006
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

IHME research, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, studied interviews and hearing loss tests from four nationally representative surveys that were conducted between 1976 and 2006 on men and women ages 20-69. The research team developed a methodology for standardizing the surveys and used all available data to find the true trend in hearing loss reduction.

Keywords 
Hearing loss
Related publications and visualizations 
Tracking population health based on self-reported impairments: trends in the prevalence of hearing loss in US adults, 1976-2006
Citation
Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
State of Washington
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2009
Suggested citation 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). United States Hearing Loss Prevalence 1976-2006. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2009.
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 31, 2019