Hearing Health Equity over the Life Course: A Primer on Health Equity & Promising Solutions

Saturday, October 17, 2026

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Location: 406A

Moderator(s)

Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Panelist(s)

Matthew L. Bush, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, FACS

Professor and Chair Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, KY, United States
Dylan K. Chan, MD, PhD

Professor
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States
AJ

Asitha Jayawardena, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Pediatric Otolaryngology
Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

1. Explain basic concepts related to health disparities and health equity from a public health perspective.
2. Analyze the current state of hearing health care and access in the United States.
3. Discuss public health-driven approaches to expanding access to hearing care from children to adults to older adults.

Learning Objectives:

Explain basic concepts related to health disparities and health equity from a public health perspective.
Analyze the current state of hearing health care and access in the United States.
Discuss public health-driven approaches to expanding access to hearing care from children to adults to older adults.