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More Than Half of Hispanic Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65+ Have Hearing Loss — Yet Few Use Hearing Aids

By MedXY 11/25/2025

A nationally representative 2022 study found hearing loss in 54.6% of Hispanic US adults 65+; only 8.3% of those with hearing loss reported using hearing aids, underscoring major access gaps.

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Fast versus Slow Compression in Hearing Aids: Hearing Thresholds Predict Preference but Not Speech Outcomes

By MedXY 11/04/2025

A randomized crossover trial in older adults found that hearing-loss severity — not cognition or prior hearing-aid experience — predicts preference for slow versus fast compression; speech recognition in quiet and noise was unchanged by compression speed.

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Pre-Fitting Predictors of 2‑Year Hearing Aid Use in 284,175 US Veterans: When Patient Context Matters More Than Audiometry

By MedXY 11/04/2025

In 284,175 US veterans, nonmodifiable pre‑fitting factors—health comorbidity, mental status, prior hearing‑aid experience, age, race/ethnicity, and partnership—were independently associated with 2‑year hearing‑aid use persistence, beyond audiometric severity.