Improving care equity for hard-of-hearing veterans through implementation of a hearing assistive device in the emergency department: A pre-post observational study

By sjmartinez • September 3, 2026

Faiz J, Akuzawa H, Fermin P, Fung C, Mak S, Steers WN, Vashi AA, Olmos-Ochoa T, Wong MS. Improving care equity for hard-of-hearing veterans through implementation of a hearing assistive device in the emergency department: A pre-post observational study. Disabil Health J. 2026 Aug 27:102167. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2026.102167. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42686476.

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