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Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment (2019)
Journal Article
Applebaum, J., Hoyer, M., Betz, J., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2019). Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment. International Journal of Audiology, 58(8), 464-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1593523

Objective: While hearing loss is associated with loneliness, the long term impact of hearing loss interventions remains unknown. We investigated levels of loneliness in adults at baseline, 6-months, 1-year and 5-years after receiving a hearing aid (H... Read More about Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment.

Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives (2018)
Journal Article
Goman, A. M., & Lin, F. R. (2018). Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives. Hearing Research, 369, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.03.031

The broader implications of hearing loss for the health and functioning of older adults have begun to be demonstrated in epidemiologic studies. These research findings on the association between hearing loss and poorer health outcomes have formed the... Read More about Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives.

Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2018)
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Sterling, M. R., Lin, F. R., Jannat-Khah, D. P., Goman, A. M., Echeverria, S. E., & Safford, M. M. (2018). Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 144(3), 273. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2017.2979

Hearing loss is common among older adults in the United States1 and is associated with coronary heart disease and its risk factors.2 Yet, the prevalence of hearing loss among adults with heart failure (HF) has not been well described. Heart failur... Read More about Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial (2018)
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Deal, J. A., Goman, A. M., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Investigators. (2018). Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 4(1), 499-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2018.08.007

Introduction Hearing impairment is highly prevalent and independently associated with cognitive decline. The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine efficacy of hearing treatmen... Read More about Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial.

The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review (2017)
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Huddle, M. G., Goman, A. M., Kernizan, F. C., Foley, D. M., Price, C., Frick, K. D., & Lin, F. R. (2017). The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 143(10), 1040. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2017.1243

Importance Hearing impairment (HI) is highly prevalent in older adults and has been associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the overall economic impact of HI is not well described. Objective The goal of this review was to summarize... Read More about The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.

Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060 (2017)
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Goman, A. M., Reed, N. S., & Lin, F. R. (2017). Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 143(7), 733. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2016.4642

Hearing loss is a major public health issue independently associated with higher health care costs, accelerated cognitive decline, and poorer physical functioning. More than two-thirds of adults 70 years or older in the United States have clinically... Read More about Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060.

A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study (2017)
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Deal, J. A., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M., Bangdiwala, S. I., Chisolm, T., Davis, S., …Lin, F. R. (2017). A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 3(3), 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2017.06.003

Introduction Hearing loss (HL) is prevalent and independently related to cognitive decline and dementia. There has never been a randomized trial to test if HL treatment could reduce cognitive decline in older adults. Methods A 40-person (aged 70... Read More about A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study.

Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States (2016)
Journal Article
Goman, A. M., & Lin, F. R. (2016). Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 106(10), 1820-1822. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2016.303299

Objectives. To estimate the age- and severity-specific prevalence of hearing impairment in the United States. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional analyses of 2001 through 2010 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 964... Read More about Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States.

Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex (2016)
Journal Article
Briley, P. M., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2016). Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 17(4), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-016-0571-y

Studies with humans and other mammals have provided support for a two-channel representation of horizontal (“azimuthal”) space in the auditory system. In this representation, location-sensitive neurons contribute activity to one of two broadly tuned... Read More about Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex.

Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context (2016)
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Briley, P. M., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2016). Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context. NeuroReport, 27(4), 242-246. https://doi.org/10.1097/wnr.0000000000000527

Studies on humans and other mammals have provided evidence for a two-channel or three-channel representation of horizontal space in the auditory system, with one channel maximally responsive to each of the left hemispace, the right hemispace and, pos... Read More about Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context.

The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults (2011)
Journal Article
Kitterick, P. T., Lovett, R. E. S., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2011). The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults. Cochlear Implants International, 12(3), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.1179/146701011x13049348987832

Modern health services need efficient tools for measuring outcomes from interventions, that is, tools of proven efficacy which make minimal demands on the time of clinicians in learning to administer tests and in interpreting results. This paper desc... Read More about The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults.