DATASET UPDATED Aug 27, 2026 · DATA YEAR 2025
What the 2025 NHIS hearing numbers measure
The national estimate is 16.0%. Reading it requires the question, the population and the uncertainty alongside the number.
Dataset updated: Aug 27, 2026 ↗THE BEAT
Disease & care trends
What defined public datasets can reveal about ENT conditions and care—and where their populations and measures stop.
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Rahul K. Shah, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President and CEO
American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
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Eugene G. Brown, MD, RPh
Otolaryngologist; AAO-HNS/F President
Charleston ENT & Allergy
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Derrick T. Lin, MD, FACS
Interim Chair, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Mass General Brigham
Mass Eye and Ear
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Cecelia Damask, DO
Otolaryngologist; AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting Program Coordinator
Orlando ENT
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Gavin Setzen, MD
Otolaryngologist
Albany ENT & Allergy Services
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Steven Gold, MD
President
ENT & Allergy Associates
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Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS
Partner; Otologist and Neurotologist
ENT & Allergy Associates
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Michael G. Stewart, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair, Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
Weill Cornell Medicine