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Measuring Meaningful Hearing Outcomes in Adults: A Conversation with Dr. Catherine Palmer

American Academy of Audiology Season 1 Episode 1

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In this episode, Emily Jo Venskytis, AuD, and Sarah McAlexander, AuD, interview Catherine Palmer, PhD, a leading expert in audiology and professor at the University of Pittsburgh, on her recent work with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the committee that developed Measuring Meaningful Outcomes for Adult Hearing Health Interventions, which focuses on advancing standard, patient-centered outcome measures in adult hearing health care. Listen to learn why meaningful outcomes matter, how they’re defined beyond traditional clinical metrics, and what this work means for clinicians, researchers, and individuals with hearing loss.