Carrie L. Nieman, MD, MPH

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Background

X Profile

https://twitter.com/CarrieNiemanMD

Clinical Trials Summary

Baltimore HEARS - Randomized controlled trial of an affordable, accessible hearing care program delivered by community health workers.

Videos

• Carrie Nieman, M.D., M.P.H. | Otologist

• Eustachian Tube Dysfunction: Frequently Asked Questions

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Making the Case for OTC Hearing Aids, Hopkins Medicine (11/14/2025)

• How Does Hearing Loss Link to Cognitive Decline?, Hopkins Medicine (12/5/2024)

• Access to Telemedicine Is Hardest for Those Who Need It Most, Wired (9/3/2020)

• Loud and Clear HopkinsMedicine Winter 2019

Research Interests

Age-Related Hearing Loss, Aging, Frailty, Hearing Health Disparities, Hearing Healthcare Disparities, Intervention Research, Minority Health, Patient-Provider Communication

Research Summary

Dr. Nieman's research incorporates principles and collaborators from across disciplines, including gerontology, social design, behavioral intervention research, community-based participatory research, and human factors.  Her research is focused on the development and implementation of an innovative, community-delivered solutions to address hearing healthcare disparities among older adults.

PubMed - Publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?sort=date&term=Nieman+CL&cauthor_id=26890177

Selected Publications

• Neiman, CL & Lin, FR. "Increasing Access to Hearing Rehabilitation for Older Adults." Current Opinions in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2017 Oct; 25(5): 342-346.

• Nieman, CL; Marrone, N; Mamo, SK; Betz, J; Choi, JS; Contrera, KJ; Thorpe, R; Gitlin, L; Tanner, E; Han HR; Szanton, S; Lin FR. "The Baltimore HEARS Pilot Study: An Affordabel, Accessible, Community-Delivered Hearing Care Intervention." The Gerontologist. 2017 Nov 10; 57(6); 1173-1186.

• Nieman, CL; Marrone, N; Szanton, SL; Thorpe, RJ Jr; Lin FR. Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Hearing Health Care Among Older Americans." Journal of Aging and Health. 2016 Feb;28(1):68-94.

• Kim, K;Choi, E; Nieman, CL; Joo, JH; Lin, FR;Gitlin, LN;Han, HR. "Effects of Community-Based Health Worker Interventions to Improve Chronic Disease Management and Care Amoung Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review." American Journal of Puublic Health. 2016 Apr; 106(4):e3-e28.

• Mamo, SK; Nirmalasari, O; Nieman, CL; McNabney, MK; Simpson, A; Oh, ES and Lin, FR. "Hearing Care Intervention for Persons with Dementia: A Pilot Study." The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2017; 25(1):91-101.

• Mamo, SK; Reed, NS; Nieman, CL; Oh, ES; Lin, FR. "Personal Sound Amplifiers for Adults with Hearing Loss." American Journal of Medicine. 2016 Mar; 129(3): 245-50.

Honors

• James Harrill, MD Resident Research Award, The Triological Society's Southern Section, 1/1/17
• Duane Sewell, MD Resident Award for Exemplary Professionalism and Humanitarianism, 1/1/17
• Butler-Williams Scholar, National Institute of Aging, 1/1/14

Lectures & Presentations

• Adult-Onset Hearing Loss: A Public Health Perspective, Invited Speaker, Second Meeting of the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (formally the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, DC, 6/1/15
• Advancing Excellence and Diversity, Invited panelist, Annual Meeting, Society of UNiversity Otolaryngologists-Head and Neck Surgeons, Washington, DC, 11/1/15
• Age-Related Hearing Loss & Innovations in Community-Delivered Care., Invited Panelist, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Chicago, Il, 9/1/17
• Over-the-Counter Amplification: A Gerontological Perspective, Invited Panelist, Annual Meeting, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, Chicago, Il, 9/1/17
• Social Design as a User-Centered Approach t Innovative Intervention Development: Lessons from HEARS, Symposium speaker, IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, San Francisco, CA, 7/1/17

Professional Activities

• Access HEARS Board of Directors, Co-Founder, Founding Executive Director, 1/1/14
• Johns Hopkins Social Innovations Lab, Advisory Board Member, 1/1/15