Bio

Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD is an otologic surgeon and epidemiologist who has translated his experiences of caring for adults with hearing loss into public health research and policy. These efforts include establishing the impact of hearing loss and hearing interventions on dementia risk and other health outcomes through the ACHIEVE study, collaborating with and testifying before policy makers to secure federal passage and enactment of the U.S. Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, and launching the Hearing Number awareness initiative. Lin is a former member of both the Board on Health Sciences Policy and the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence at the National Academies. Lin is a Professor at Johns Hopkins University and is on the clinical team at Apple.