Hearing Loss Co-morbidities: Grow Your Practice Through Physician Outreach and Community Outreach-Hearing Loss Co-morbidities: Grow Your Practice Through Physician Outreach and Community Outreach Slides

Hearing Loss Co-morbidities: Grow Your Practice Through Physician Outreach and Community Outreach Slides

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This document is a presentation discussing the link between hearing loss and various health conditions, and how healthcare professionals can integrate hearing loss screening into their practice. The presentation emphasizes that healthcare reform now prioritizes hearing screening and mandates physicians to evaluate patients for hearing impairment every year. It discusses the prevalence of health conditions such as cognitive decline, dementia, falls, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and cancer treatment, which are all associated with hearing loss. The presentation emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in order to prevent the progression of these health conditions and improve patient outcomes. It provides information on how to discuss the link between hearing loss and these health conditions with both physicians and their patients, and highlights the role of hearing care providers in educating both healthcare professionals and the community about the consequences of untreated hearing loss. The presentation also offers marketing strategies, such as disease state video ads in physicians' offices, to raise awareness about the link between hearing loss and these health conditions. Overall, the presentation aims to promote physician outreach and community education as a means to improve patient outcomes and grow hearing care practices.

Keywords

hearing loss

health conditions

healthcare professionals

hearing screening

physicians

cognitive decline

dementia

falls

diabetes

cardiovascular disease