Hearing Aids for Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss

Karina C De Sousa; De Wet Swanepoel

doi:10.1001/jama.2026.4740

Hearing Aids for Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss

JAMA. 2026 May 27. doi: 10.1001/jama.2026.4740. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Karina C De Sousa^{1

2}, De Wet Swanepoel^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
² Virtual Hearing Lab, Collaborative Initiative Between the University of Colorado and the University of Pretoria, Aurora.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora.

PMID: 42201716
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.4740

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This JAMA Insights discusses hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss, including hearing aid function and limitations and prescription vs over-the-counter hearing aid devices.