EXHIBIT 2.

Odds of reporting three outcome variables suggesting unmet health care needs among Medicare beneficiaries, by self-reported functional hearing difficulty, 2016

	Odds ratios for outcome variables
Level of functional hearing difficulty	No usual source of care	Not obtaining needed medical care	Not filling a prescription
No trouble hearing	Ref	Ref	Ref
A little trouble hearing	1.038	1.595****	1.440***
A lot of trouble hearing	1.489**	1.854****	1.556**

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), 2016.

NOTES Survey weights were applied according to MCBS instructions. Logistic regression models were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, income-to-poverty ratio, marital status, Medicare Advantage plan, general health, functional limitations, and comorbidity count.

^**p < 0.05

^***p < 0.01

^****p < 0.001