Emerging care pathways for managing adult hearing loss

Abstract

In the United States, hearing loss management has traditionally been situated in tertiary healthcare settings and independent private practices, viewed as specialized care. During the past decade, there has been a shift towards promoting self-management of adult hearing loss (Arnold et al., 2019). This change was initiated by a formal recognition of inadequate access and affordability of hearing healthcare during a multi-stakeholder expert group meeting (Donahue et al., 2009).