Dr. Bevan Yueh

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  Around the Nation -- The Washington Times - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/16/2003    Last Visited: 4/16/2003  

  The most common cause of deafness in older adults is nerve damage, which is not reversible but can be substantially improved with hearing aids and sometimes surgery for severe cases, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with a Seattle-area Veterans Affairs center and the University of Washington.But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions including infections that can be treated.In a report in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.

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  CBS News | Hearing Loss Underdiagnosed | April 15,... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/15/2003    Last Visited: 4/15/2003  

  The most common cause of deafness in older adults is nerve damage, which is not reversible but can be substantially improved with hearing aids and sometimes surgery for severe cases, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with a Seattle-area Veterans Affairs center and the University of Washington.
  
  But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions including infections that can be treated.
  
  Many patients and primary-care doctors are ill-informed about both types of hearing loss and consider it an untreatable effect of aging, Yueh said.
  
  In a report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.
  
  They said research indicates that hearing loss affects up to 40 percent of adults aged 65 and older.It is strongly linked to depression and decreased quality of life, but the researchers said fewer than 10 percent of internists offer routine testing to older patients.
  
  Some types of hearing loss, including gradual nerve-related impairment, might not be obvious in a quiet doctor's examination room - and patients might not bring it up.
  
  "Because it's so gradual, people say, `It's OK, I'll get used to it.' In the meantime, they're getting depressed, losing all their friends and becoming socially isolated," Yueh said.

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  CNN.com - Study: Adult hearing loss underdiagnosed -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/19/2003    Last Visited: 4/19/2003  

  The most common cause of deafness in older adults is nerve damage, which is not reversible but can be substantially improved with hearing aids and sometimes surgery for severe cases, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with a Seattle-area Veterans Affairs center and the University of Washington.
  
  But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions including infections that can be treated.
  
  Many patients and primary-care doctors are ill-informed about both types of hearing loss and consider it an untreatable effect of aging, Yueh said.
  
  In a report in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.
  
  They said research indicates that hearing loss affects up to 40 percent of adults aged 65 and older.It is strongly linked to depression and decreased quality of life, but the researchers said fewer than 10 percent of internists offer routine testing to older patients.
  
  Some types of hearing loss, including gradual nerve-related impairment, might not be obvious in a quiet doctor's examination room -- and patients might not bring it up.
  
  "Because it's so gradual, people say, 'It's OK, I'll get used to it.' In the meantime, they're getting depressed, losing all their friends and becoming socially isolated," Yueh said.

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  DallasNews.com | Dallas-Fort Worth | Texas Living - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/21/2003    Last Visited: 4/21/2003  

  The most common cause of deafness in older adults is nerve damage, which is not reversible but can be substantially improved with hearing aids and sometimes surgery for severe cases, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with a Seattle-area Veterans Affairs center and the University of Washington.
  
  But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions including infections that can be treated.
  
  Many patients and primary-care doctors are ill-informed about both types of hearing loss and consider it an untreatable effect of aging, Dr. Yueh said.
  
  In a report in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.
  
  They said research indicates that hearing loss affects up to 40 percent of adults ages 65 and older.It is strongly linked to depression and decreased quality of life, but the researchers said fewer than 10 percent of internists offer routine testing to older patients.
  
  Some types of hearing loss, including gradual nerve-related impairment, might not be obvious in a quiet doctor's examination room - and patients might not bring it up.
  
  "Because it's so gradual, people say, 'It's OK, I'll get used to it.' In the meantime, they're getting depressed, losing all their friends and becoming socially isolated," Dr. Yueh said.

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  Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic (Otolaryngology) - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/9/2006    Last Visited: 8/21/2008  

  Bevan Yueh, MD, MPH

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  HEALTH TALK - Dr. Bob Martin - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/15/2003    Last Visited: 5/24/2003  

  "Patients and primary care providers ... should be aware of the increasing prevalence of hearing loss," study author Dr. Bevan Yueh of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle told Reuters Health.
  
  "Because there are effective treatments available -- hearing aids, surgery, etc. -- that restore quality of life for hearing-impaired elders, it is really important to make sure that the hearing loss is diagnosed and not overlooked," Yueh added.
  
  Yueh and his colleagues reviewed nearly 1,600 articles from the medical literature on screening and management of hearing loss among older adults.
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  Both of these methods have "demonstrated excellent accuracy in detecting hearing loss and have gained widespread interest," Yueh and his colleagues report.
  
  Once hearing loss has been identified, studies have shown that doctors can sometimes treat the underlying medical condition, and halt or reverse the hearing loss.
  
  "A lot of older people feels it's just part of getting old and don't expect that anything can be done," Yueh said.
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  More than 1,800 people have been enrolled in the study so far, and preliminary results are expected in 2005, Yueh's team notes.
  
  Until then, they write, "it seems reasonable" to screen older adults using either the questionnaire or audioscope methods.
  
  The U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and other groups also recommend periodic screening for hearing loss among older adults.
  
  In a related study, also co-authored by Yueh and published in the same journal issue, researchers found that people can help increase their hearing-impaired relatives' and friends' comprehension by simply speaking slower -- rather than louder and with a raised pitch, as is commonly done.

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  Hearing Loss News and Articles: Many leave their... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/12/2003    Last Visited: 1/28/2006  

  "It's not like putting on a pair of glasses and getting 20/20 vision," said Bevan Yueh, an otolaryngologist at the University of Washington, "because hearing loss is about more than just amplification of sound.
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  "It happens gradually and it can be very, very subtle," Yueh said.

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  Hearing loss often goes untreated - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/16/2003    Last Visited: 4/22/2003  

  That is not reversible, but it can be substantially improved with hearing aids and surgery, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with the University of Washington in Washington state.
  
  But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions, including infections, that can be treated.
  
  In a report in Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.

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  Hendersonville Times-News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/21/2004    Last Visited: 12/21/2004  

  "It's not like putting on a pair of glasses and getting 20/20 vision," said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an otolaryngologist at the University of Washington, "because hearing loss is about more than just amplification of sound.
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  "It happens gradually and it can be very, very subtle," Dr. Yueh said.

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  HeraldNet: Hearing loss often ignored in elderly - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/16/2003    Last Visited: 4/16/2003  

  The most common cause of deafness in older adults is nerve damage, which is not reversible but can be substantially improved with hearing aids and sometimes surgery for severe cases, said Dr. Bevan Yueh, an ear specialist with a Seattle-area Veterans Affairs center and the University of Washington.
  
  But reversible hearing loss also occurs in older adults, caused by common conditions including infections that can be treated.
  
  Many patients and primary-care doctors are ill-informed about both types of hearing loss and consider it an untreatable effect of aging, Yueh said.
  
  In a report in today's Journal of the American Medical Association, Yueh and colleagues reviewed previous studies on methods to detect hearing loss and the effectiveness of treatments.
  
  They said research indicates that hearing loss affects up to 40 percent of adults 65 and older.It is strongly linked to depression and decreased quality of life, but the researchers said fewer than 10 percent of internists offer routine testing to older patients.
  
  Some types of hearing loss, including gradual nerve-related impairment, might not be obvious in a quiet doctor's examination room -- and patients might not bring it up.
  
  "Because it's so gradual, people say, 'It's OK, I'll get used to it.' In the meantime, they're getting depressed, losing all their friends and becoming socially isolated," Yueh said.

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