{"doi":"10.1002/ohn.1176","title":"Hearing Loss and Negative Social Experiences in the All of Us Research Program","abstract":"OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the impact of demographic characteristics on negative social experiences for individuals with bilateral hearing loss. STUDY DESIGN: A 1:1 matched case-control study. SETTING: Participants with and without bilateral hearing loss in the All of Us Research Program database. METHODS: Multivariable logistic ordinal regression, controlling for various demographic and health factors, examined the association between hearing loss and self-reports of isolation, discrimination, stress, and poor health care experiences. RESULTS: A total of 9050 participants had bilateral hearing loss. Compared to matched controls, those with hearing loss had greater odds of reporting isolation (odds ratio [OR] 1.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.09-1.21, P < .001), discrimination (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.07-1.19, P < .001), and stress (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.25-1.40, P < .001) but not health care experiences. Younger (18-39) and middle-aged adults (40-64) reported higher isolation (OR 2.77, 95% CI 2.41-3.24, P < .001 [18-39]; OR 1.97, 95% CI 1.82-2.15, P < .001 [40-64]), discrimination (OR 4.49, 95% CI 3.51-5.73, P < .001 [18-39]; OR 2.71, 95% CI 2.45-3.00, P < .001 [40-64]), and stress (OR 6.67, 95% CI 5.22-8.53, P < .001 [18-39]; OR 2.38, 95% CI 2.14-2.64, P < .001 [40-64]) compared to those older than 65. Females with hearing loss reported more isolation (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.05-1.23, P < .01), discrimination (OR 1.50, 95% CI 1.38-1.63, P < .001), and stress (OR 1.86, 95% CI 1.73-1.99, P < .001). Severe hearing loss was associated with worse outcomes. Hearing aids were not protective against negative social experiences. CONCLUSION: Certain demographic factors were associated with negative social experiences in individuals with bilateral hearing loss. Future interventions should account for these differences.","journal":"Otolaryngology","year":2025,"id":538883,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":3,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9347,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":15880,"name":"Jenny Chen","orcid":"0000-0002-2992-4771","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1425713,"name":"Angela Renne","orcid":"0000-0002-7211-4328","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":32,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:52:25.799399Z","pmid":"39996577","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}