The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea

Abstract The Korean government started to cover part of the price of hearing aids ($200) for individuals with hearing disabilities in 1997, and the reimbursement for a hearing aid increased in 2005 ($300) and again in 2015 ($1000). The aim of this study was to evaluate the annual trend of newly-regi...

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Main Authors: Hayoung Byun, Eun Mi Kim, Inah Kim, Seung Hwan Lee, Jae Ho Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17459-7