The Association of Hearing Loss with Hospitalization

Conclusion: Patients with HL do not seem to have higher rates of hospital readmissions. We did find high frequency of HL in hospitalized patients along with significant communication difficulties that patients had with their clinicians. These findings have implications for measures to improve patient-physician communication, potentially improving long-term health outcomes.

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Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - June 8, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Zazove, P., Plegue, M. A., Mulhem, E., Panzer, K., Ratakonda, S., Sen, A., Greenberg, J., McEvoy, A., Kileny, P. R., McKee, M. M. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research