Evaluating Equity Through the Social Determinants of Hearing Health.
Marissa R Schuh, Matthew L Bush
PMID 35724251WHAT IT FOUND
No original study is reported.
This narrative review maps social determinants of hearing health and suggests screening tools, but there is no tested intervention or patient outcome to change practice.
What this paper is
This is a narrative review of social determinants of health in hearing healthcare. It describes access, education, social context, economic stability, neighborhood factors, and screening tools, but it reports no original methods or results from a study, so there is no single finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the suggested social needs screening tools as evidence of improved hearing outcomes. This review reports no original methods or results showing that screening changes care.