340.690.11
Epidemiologic Approaches to Hearing Loss and Public Health

Cancelled

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2020 - 2021
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 8, 2020
End Date
Friday, June 12, 2020
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Jennifer Deal
Contact Name
Jennifer Deal
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Description
Hearing loss impacts two-thirds of adults over the age of 70 years old and is associated with important gerontological outcomes including dementia and falls. Hearing aids represent the most common approach to addressing hearing loss. However, less than twenty percent of persons with hearing loss own and use hearing aids. This course will provide the foundational knowledge to investigate and address hearing loss as a public health concern.
Introduces biologic, epidemiologic and clinical aspects of aging-related declines in the auditory system. Demonstrates methods of assessment of auditory function for epidemiologic studies. Reviews current epidemiologic knowledge of sensory function and aging-related outcomes in older adults, including the epidemiology and consequences of dual sensory loss. Presents areas for future research and opportunities for intervention and prevention
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain the basic anatomical and physiologic aspects of the auditory system and biologic mechanism of hearing loss
  2. Evaluate potential explanations for epidemiologic associations between hearing loss and gerontologic outcomes
  3. Describe key epidemiologic and public health questions pertaining to hearing loss and gerontology that remain unanswered and unresolved
  4. Identify and compare commonly used measures of hearing loss and the strengths and limitations of these measures in epidemiologic studies in older adults
  5. Apply basic epidemiologic methodology to answer key public health questions addressing and understanding hearing loss among older adults
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 60% Project(s)
  • 40% Quizzes
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Students will not be allowed to take both this course and its parent course, 340.699.01, for credit.

All in-person classes will be taught online via Zoom, on the dates and times the course is scheduled. For further information, please see the Institute website jhsph.edu/summerepi

Pre-course lecture and readings will be posted in CoursePlus before the start of classes.
The final quiz for the course will be due June 17. The final quiz and the self evaluation and peer-review of the final projects will be due July 10.