Open AccessPrevalence of Concurrent Hearing and Visual Impairment in US Adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2002
Author(s) -
Alberto J. Caban,
Dong Hoon Lee,
Orlando Gómez-Marı́n,
Byron L. Lam,
D. Diane Zheng
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.056671
Subject(s) - visual impairment , national health interview survey , medicine , gerontology , audiology , hearing loss , population , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology
Analysis of data from a nationally representative sample of US adults (n=195801) showed that concurrent hearing and visual impairment prevalence rates were highest for participants older than 79 years of age (16.6%); a 3-fold increase in age-adjusted rates of reported hearing and visual impairment was observed for Native Americans compared with Asian Americans. Research on preventing concurrent hearing and visual impairment and countering its consequences is warranted, especially in population subgroups, such as Native and older Americans.