Assistant Professor, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Core Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health

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443-287-6509

Frank R. Lin , M.D. Ph.D.

EDUCATION - Medical School
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

EDUCATION - Post-graduate: Ph.D. Clinical Investigation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

EDUCATION - Residency
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

EDUCATION - Fellowship
Visiting Fellow in Otology - Fisch International Microsurgery Foundation, Switzerland

CLINICAL INTERESTS:

• Hearing rehabilitation in aging populations
• Cochlear implantation
• Bone anchored and implantable hearing devices
• Chronic ear surgery

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

My research focuses on how hearing loss impacts the health and functioning of older adults and the role of different treatment modalities (hearing aids, cochlear implantation) in mitigating these effects. In particular, I am interested in examining the potential causal associations between hearing loss and dementia, cognition, functional decline, social isolation, and health economic costs. Much of my research is conducted in collaboration with aging researchers and established centers for clinical and aging research such as the Longitudinal Studies Section of the National Institute on Aging, the Johns Hopkins Center for Aging and Health, and the Johns Hopkins Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology.

PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL
Johns Hopkins Hospital

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1) Lin FR, Metter EJ, O'Brien RJ, Resnick SM, Zonderman A, Ferrucci L. Hearing loss and incident dementia. Arch Neurol. 2011 Feb;68(2):214-20.

2) Lin FR, Thorpe R, Gordon-Salant S, Ferrucci L. Hearing loss prevalence and risk factors among older adults in the United States. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011 May;66(5):582-90.

3) Lin FR, Ferrucci L, Metter EJ, An Y, Zonderman AB, Resnick SM. Hearing loss and cognition in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Neuropsychology. 2011 Nov;25(6):763-70.

4) Lin FR. Hearing loss and cognition among older adults in the United States. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011 Oct; (66(10): 1131-6.

5) Lin FR, Niparko JK, Ferrucci L. Hearing loss prevalence in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Nov 14; 171(20): 1851-2.

6) Lin FR, Ferrucci L. Hearing loss and falls among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med. 2012. 172(4): 366-7.

7) Lin FR, Maas P, Chien W, Carey JP, Ferrucci L, Thorpe R. Association of skin color, race/ethnicity, and hearing loss among adults in the USA. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2012, Feb; 13(1): 109-17.

8) Chien W, Lin FR. Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States. Arch Intern Med, 2012 Feb 13; 172(3):292-3.

9) Clark JH, Wang NY, Riley AW, Carson CM, Meserole RL, Lin FR, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA, Quittner AL, Francis HW, Niparko JK, The CDaCI Investigative Team. Timing of cochlear implantation and parents’ global ratings of children’s health and development. Otol Neurotol. 2012 Jun;33(4):545-552.

10) Davalos-Bichara M, Lin FR, Carey JP, Walston JD, Fairman JE, Schubert MC, Barron JS, Hughes J, Millar J, Spar A, Weber KL, Ying HS, Zackowski KM, Zee D, Agrawal Y. Development and validation of a falls grading scale. J Geriatr Phys Ther, 2012 Jul 17.

11) Lin FR. Hearing loss in older adults: who's listening? JAMA. Mar 21 2012;307(11):1147-1148.

12) Lin FR, Chien W, Li L, Niparko JK, Francis HW. Cochlear implantation in older adults. Medicine, 2012 In press.

13) Lin FR. Implications of hearing loss for older adults. Audiol Neurotol. 2012. In press.

14) Lin FR, Yaffe K, Xia J, Xue QL, Harris TB, Purchase-Helzner, E, Satterfield S, Ayonayon HN, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM. Hearing loss and cognitive decline among older adults. Arch Int Med, 2012, In press.

15) Swenor BK, Ramulu PY, Willis JR, Friedman D, Lin FR. The prevalence of hearing and vision impairment in the United States. Arch Int Med, 2012, In press.

16) Li L, Simonsick EM, Ferrucci L, Lin FR. Hearing loss and gait speed among older adults in the United States. Gait and Posture, 2012. In press.