Hearing screening in primary care is a single question
We measure blood pressure before a patient has a stroke. We check cholesterol before a coronary event. We evaluate vision before impairment interferes with driving or reading.
So why is hearing treated differently? For many people, the last routine hearing test they remember was in elementary school. Decades pass before anyone checks again, often after the problem has become impossible to ignore. Conversations are frustrating, family members are repeating themselves, and …
Hearing screening in primary care is a single question
