Here are references for the Spring 2016 issue of Hearing Health magazine.
"Statistics: Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids,” page 4:
Lin, Frank; Niparko, John; Ferruci, Luigi. "Hearing Loss Prevalence in the United States." Archives of Internal Medicine, November 14, 2011. 171(20): 1851-1852.
NIDCD. Fact Sheet on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss. Washington, DC: HHS, 1998.
Niskar, A.S.; Kieszak, S.M.; et al. "Estimated Prevalence of Noise-Induced Hearing Threshold Shifts Among Children 6 to 19 Years of Age: The Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey: 1988-1994, United States." Pediatrics, 2001; 108: 40-43.
Larson, Vernon et. al. "Efficacy of Three Commonly Used Hearing Aid Circuits." JAMA, October 11, 2000; 284 (14): 1806-13.
Kochkin, Sergei. "MarkeTrak VIII: The Key Influencing Factors in Hearing Aid Purchase Intent." Hearing Review, March 2012; 19(3):12-25.
Lin, Frank. "Hearing Loss in Older Adults: Who's Listening?" JAMA, March 21, 2012; 307(11): 1147-1148.
Lin, Frank; Ferrucci, Luigi. "Hearing Loss and Falls Among Older Adults in the United States." Archives of Internal Medicine, February 27, 2012; 172(4): 369-371.
Kochkin, Sergei; Rogin, Carole. "Quantifying the Obvious: The Impact of Hearing Instruments on Quality of Life." The Hearing Review, January 2000.
Boi, Raffaella; Raca, Luca et al. "Hearing Loss and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Patients." Geriatrics and Gerontology International, July 2012; 12 (3): 440-445.
"Common Myths About Hearing Loss—Dispelled," page 12:
Martini, A. et al. “Aging, Cognitive Load, Dementia, and Hearing Loss.” Audiology and Neurotology, February 2015.
Lin, Frank R. et al. “Hearing Loss Prevalence in the United States.” Archives of Internal Medicine. November 14, 2011.
World Health Organization (WHO). “1.1 Billion People at Risk of Hearing Loss.” Press release, February 27, 2015.
Kochkin, Sergei. “MarkeTrak VII: Hearing Loss Population Tops 31 Million People.” The Hearing Review, July 2005.
Center for Hearing and Communication. “Statistics and Facts About Hearing Loss.”
WHO. “Deafness and Hearing Loss, Fact sheet N°300.” Updated March 2015.
Timmer, Barbra. “It May Be Mild, Slight, or Minimal, But It’s Not Insignificant.” Hearing Review. April 9, 2014
WHO. “Mortality and Burden of Diseases and Prevention of Blindness and Deafness.” 2012.
Goycoolea, M.V. et al. “Effect of Life in Industrialized Societies on Hearing in Natives of Easter Island.” Laryngoscope, December 1986.
Møller, Kimi Nina, and Jespersen, Charlotte T. “What Are Some Common Misconceptions of Mild Hearing Loss?” Audiology Online, December 9, 2013.
Kochkin, Sergei. “MarkeTrak VIII: Patients Report Improved Quality of Life With Hearing Aid Usage.” Hearing Journal, June 2011.
"The Pros and Cons of PSAPs," page 20:
“Dr. Frank Lin Details Consequences of Age-Related Hearing Loss and Future Avenues at Academy of Doctors of Audiology Convention Keynote.” Hearing Review, November 11, 2014.
“IOM-NRC Hosts ‘Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging’ Workshop.” Hearing Review, February 4, 2014.
“Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging: Workshop Summary.” [Also available here.] National Academies Press (NAP), July 30, 2014.
President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) Hearing Technology Report, October 2015.
PCAST. “Aging America & Hearing Loss: Imperative of Improved Hearing Technologies.” September 2015.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “The FDA Engages Stakeholders on Opportunities to Improve Hearing Aid Usage and Innovation.” Press release, January 6, 2016.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). “FDA Opens Door to Changing Regulations on Hearing Aids, PSAPs.” January 12, 2016.
ASHA. “ASHA’s Public Comments to PCAST Letter.” November 19, 2015.
“Recent Work by Hearing Health Foundation Scientists, Explained,” page 38:
Geng, Ruishuang; Noda, Teppei; Mulvaney, Joanna F.; Lin, Vincent Y.W.; Edge, Albert S. B.; and Dabdoub, Alain. “Comprehensive Expression of Wnt Signaling Pathway Genes during Development and Maturation of the Mouse Cochlea.” PLoS One, February 9, 2016.
Walters, Brandon J. et al. “Pseudo-Immortalization of Postnatal Cochlear Progenitor Cells Yields a Scalable Cell Line Capable of Transcriptionally Regulating Mature Hair Cell Genes,” Scientific Reports, December 7, 2015.
Zou, Junhuang et al. “Individual USH2 Proteins Make Distinct Contributions to the Ankle Link Complex During Development of the Mouse Cochlear Stereociliary Bundle,” Human Molecular Genetics, October 11, 2015; and Chen, Qiang et al. “Whirlin and PDZ Domain-Containing 7 (PDZD7) Proteins Are Both Required to Form the Quaternary Protein Complex Associated With Usher Syndrome Type 2,” Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 26, 2014.
Walters, Bradley J. et al. “Sox2-CreER mice are useful for fate mapping of mature, but not neonatal, cochlear supporting cells in hair cell regeneration studies,” Scientific Reports, June 25, 2015.
“Professor Seeks to Improve Diagnosis Process of Ménière’s Disease,” Missouri State University, January 7, 2016. Republished by permission.
