title: Sociodemographic correlates of hearing loss and hearing aid use in Hispanic adults.
abstract: We examined sociodemographic correlates of hearing loss and hearing aid use in adult Hispanics using data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. After adjustment for age and gender, odds ratios (ORs) of hearing impairment for non-married vs married participants were 1.6 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.0-2.5] for Mexican-Americans and 2.2 (95% CI = 1.2-4.2) for Puerto Ricans. ORs ranged from 1.6 to 3.2 for unemployed vs employed, and from 1.7 to 2.1 for uninsured vs insured Hispanics. For Mexican-Americans, the OR of hearing aid use for those living below vs above the poverty line was 9.1 (95% CI = 1.1-100.0). These results are consistent with those reported for other ethnic groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, FD 33101, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gómez-Marín
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012923:Social Class; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology