title: How Can Public Health Approaches and Perspectives Advance Hearing Health Care?
abstract: This commentary explores the role of public health programs and themes on hearing health care. Ongoing engagement within the hearing professional community is needed to determine how to change the landscape and identify important features in the evolution of population hearing health care. Why and how to leverage existing public health programs and develop new programs to improve hearing health in older individuals is an important topic. Hearing professionals are encouraged to reflect on these themes and recommendations and join the discussion about the future of hearing science on a population level.
authors.affiliation: 1VA RR&D National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR), VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon, USA; 2Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA; 3Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; and 4Department of Otolaryngology/HNS, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Kelly M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Reavis
authors.forename: Kelly L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Tremblay
authors.forename: Gabrielle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D001298:Audiology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006291:Health Policy; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011634:Public Health; D014481:United States