Outcome measurement in adult auditory rehabilitation: a sco** review of measures used in randomized controlled trials

F Barker, E MacKenzie, L Elliott, S de Lusignan - Ear and Hearing, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This review documented the range and nature of reported outcome measures in
the context of adult auditory rehabilitative research. Design: A sco** review conducted as …

Stages of change in adults with acquired hearing impairment seeking help for the first time: application of the transtheoretical model in audiologic rehabilitation

A Laplante-Lévesque, L Hickson, L Worrall - Ear and hearing, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study investigated the application of the transtheoretical (stages-of-change)
model in audiologic rehabilitation. More specifically, it described the University of Rhode …

Unmet hearing health care needs: the Beaver Dam offspring study

SD Nash, KJ Cruickshanks… - … Journal of Public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We evaluated the use of hearing health care services (hearing testing and
hearing aids) by adults aged 21 to 84 years. Methods. Hearing was tested and medical and …

A smartphone national hearing test: Performance and characteristics of users

KC De Sousa, DW Swanepoel, DR Moore… - American journal of …, 2018 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose The smartphone digits-in-noise hearing test, called hearZA, was made available as
a self-test in South Africa in March 2016. This study determined characteristics and test …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for models of diagnostic service provision in the community: literature map** exercise and focused rapid reviews

D Chambers, A Booth, SK Baxter… - Health and Social …, 2016 - journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk
Background Current NHS policy favours the expansion of diagnostic testing services in
community and primary care settings. Objectives Our objectives were to identify current …

Stages of change in adults who have failed an online hearing screening

A Laplante-Lévesque, KJ Brännström, E Ingo… - Ear and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Hearing screening has been proposed to promote help-seeking and
rehabilitation in adults with hearing impairment. However, some longitudinal studies point to …

An automated speech-in-noise test for remote testing: Development and preliminary evaluation

A Paglialonga, EM Polo, M Zanet, G Rocco… - American journal of …, 2020 - pubs.asha.org
Purpose The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a novel, automated speech-in-
noise test viable for widespread in situ and remote screening. Method Vowel–consonant …

Improving collaborative behaviour planning in adult auditory rehabilitation: development of the I-PLAN intervention using the behaviour change wheel

F Barker, S Lusignan, C Deborah - Annals of Behavioral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The consequences of poorly managed hearing loss can be ameliorated with
hearing aid use but rates of use are sub-optimal. The impact of audiologist behaviour on …

Accessibility to hearing healthcare in rural and urban populations of Alabama: Perspectives and a preliminary roadmap for addressing inequalities

MJ Hay-McCutcheon, MC Yuk, X Yang - Journal of Community Health, 2021 - Springer
Hearing loss is a growing public health concern and has been associated with poor
cardiovascular health, diabetes, increased social isolation and poor cognitive functioning …

Self‐reported hearing loss and manual audiometry: A rural versus urban comparison

CG Brennan‐Jones, DS Taljaard… - Australian Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine whether self‐reported hearing difficulty is an accurate measure of
hearing loss compared with standard hearing screening with pure tone audiometry in rural …