Access HEARS launches Health Equity Initiative to enable broader access to hearing care in Baltimore
November, 2020 – Access HEARS, Inc., a social enterprise focused on connecting individuals with hearing loss to the solutions they need to age well, has launched the Health Equity Initiative to reach individuals and communities who often go unserved by hearing care. Hearing loss affects nearly two-thirds of adults 70 years and older in the […]
Newly created Hearing Health Collaborative brings together the expertise of Access HEARS, HASA, and Baltimore City’s Health Department to address age-related hearing loss in Baltimore
July, 2020 – Access HEARS, Inc., a social enterprise focused on connecting individuals with hearing loss to the technology they need to age well, announced the start of a multi-year, $900,000 grant program in partnership with the Hearing and Speech Agency and the Baltimore City Health Department’s Division of Aging, funded by the Harry and […]
What Happened Next? Access HEARS improves quality of life for low-income adults with hearing difficulties
In 2014, Carrie Nieman, an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery resident at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, started a nonprofit to provide affordable amplification devices to low-income older adults, then train those adults how to use the aids. The nonprofit, Access HEARS, drew on research Nieman and her team conducted at Hopkins — but she was wary of an […]
19 nonprofits receive grants from Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund
Nineteen local nonprofit organizations have received financial support from the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund for 2018 in the form of grants totaling nearly $177,000. Seventy agencies applied for funding in February, with requests for projects that address the needs of communities around Johns Hopkins in the areas of public safety, health, employment, education, and community […]
Daily Record Business: Hopkins startup helps seniors hear, without the expense
As many as two-thirds of older adults will experience hearing loss, but many won’t do anything about it, says Dr. Carrie Nieman, a resident at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. For some, hearing aids are too expensive and too difficult to obtain, they cost thousands of dollars, aren’t covered by Medicare or Medicaid […]
Ending Hearing Disparities in Older Adults
Carrie Nieman was drawn into medicine by the combination of science and service, a vision that came into focus during her years at medical school at the University of Illinois in Chicago. There, she says, students learn to become immersed in the community and take on an advocacy role for their patients. “I was raised […]