
Amber Willink
@awillin2
Health services researcher interested in policy and delivery system changes that support better care for older adults with high needs and high costs.
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20-08-2014 23:01:41
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How do we improve cognitive self-report measures? In our paper just published in The Gerontologist, we identify sources of response bias that can guide measurement refinement/development Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Dr. Jacquie Mogle @andrealgilmore academic.oup.com/gerontologist/…

Opening doors to #hearinghealth through #HEARS, one collaboration at a time. Love our work in Toronto to expand hearing care beyond the clinic in yet one more way. Thank you Kate Dupuis, the amazing Baycrest team, & @CABHI__ ! JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health #JHSPH #JHSOM #healthyaging #hearing


Following the 2017 OTC Hearing Aid Act, hearing care access and policy in the US should be addressed next, according to researchers Nicholas S Reed, Frank R. Lin, MD PhD, and Amber Willink from JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health. Read their newly published JAMA Viewpoint: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…


NEW ARTICLE from The New York Times reporter Jane Brody on the recent findings from research published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery done by Frank R. Lin, MD PhD Nicholas S Reed Jennifer Anne Deal @OptumLabs AARP Research Dr. Charlotte Yeh Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Epidemiology nytimes.com/2018/12/31/wel…

The majority of Medicare beneficiaries with hearing aids don't use the hearing care services that could help optimise the quality of their hearing, cost appears to be an important barrier Health Affairs Nicholas S Reed Frank R. Lin, MD PhD

Thanks to MedPage Today journalist Joyce Frieden for her article and interview with Nicholas S Reed on the recent findings published in Health Affairs on hearing care access by Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries Amber Willink Frank R. Lin, MD PhD Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Epidemiology JHSPH Lipitz Center

A great summary of our Health Affairs article on the limited access to hearing care services for those with hearing aids, particularly among low-income older adults JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health usnews.com/news/health-ne…

Nicholas S Reed on our recent Health Affairs article "...hearing aids alone don't necessarily improve hearing--hearing care services are important too, but there are barriers that prevent many people from accessing those services." eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

Will a new law allowing purchase of over-the-counter hearing aids reduce cost barriers for hearing care services for #Medicare beneficiaries? Amber Willink Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health #AgingandHealth healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…


Will a new law allowing purchase of over-the-counter hearing aids reduce cost barriers for hearing care services for #Medicare beneficiaries? Amber Willink Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health #AgingandHealth healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.13…


No older adult should have to skip washing up or soil themselves. Thank you Amber Willink Jennifer Wolff for mentioning CAPABLE as part of the LTSS solution. CareLinx by Sharecare AARP Policy Ai-jen Poo DiverseElders David Grabowski

Our two Commonwealth Fund reports on #Medicare beneficiaries need for #LTSS and the financial burden they experience to meet high medical and LTSS costs highlighted by Judith Graham see article khn.org/OTE2ODE4 via Kaiser Health News

.Amber Willink from JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health and JHSPH Lipitz Center discussing gaps in Medicare coverage AcademyHealth annual research meeting and highlighting current policy and potential solutions to address hearing loss #hearingloss #ARM2019



Despite recent federal regulations reinforcing state Medicaid programs' obligation to cover hearing aids for adults, many do not. See our viewpoint in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery for "Why State Medicaid Programs Should Cover Hearing Aids for Adults" ja.ma/2I4KCiT JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health

More Medicare beneficiaries are choosing Medicare Advantage plans with dental, vision, and hearing coverage but still paying a lot of these costs out-of-pocket. Read more in our article published in Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.137… Nicholas S Reed Bonnielin Swenor PhD Eva DuGoff

1/6 Our Article "Trends in Hearing Aid Ownership Among Older Adults in the United States From 2011 to 2018" was just published in JAMA Internal Medicine! #hearingaid ownership among older adults is low in the US but has it changed recently? @2E_Garcia Amber Willink JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health


Congratulations to Center faculty member Nicholas S Reed for receiving American Auditory Society's Early Career Research Award at #aas2021 for his work in Hearing Loss, Health Care Seeking Behaviors, and Preventable Hospitalizations. Bravo, Nick!

Our dental, vision, and hearing health are important to our overall health and wellbeing but many barriers exist to accessing these services. See our Health Affairs article cited in The New York Times Nicholas S Reed Bonnielin Swenor PhD JHU Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health Sydney Uni Media nytimes.com/2021/06/09/bus…