A qualitative systematic review of the impact of hearing on quality of life

N Henderson, S Hodgson, B Mulhern, K Page… - Quality of Life …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Hearing loss, deafness, and other hearing-related conditions can significantly
impact quality of life; numerous qualitative studies have sought to describe these impacts …

Hearing help-seeking, hearing device uptake and hearing health outcomes in individuals with subclinical hearing loss: a systematic review

C Frisby, I Oosthuizen, V Manchaiah… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This systematic review aims to examine the current literature on help-seeking,
hearing device uptake, and hearing health outcomes in individuals with subclinical hearing …

Reasons for hearing aid uptake in the United States: a qualitative analysis of open-text responses from a large-scale survey of user-perspectives

M Knoetze, E Beukes, V Manchaiah… - … Journal of Audiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study aimed to explore the main reasons for hearing aid uptake from a user
perspective and recommendations to others with hearing difficulties. Design A cross …

Exploring adult hearing aid user experiences: meaning extraction methods, content patterns, and associations with demographic and outcome variables

I Oosthuizen, DW Swanepoel, RL Boyd… - … Journal of Audiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Employing automated language analysis, specifically Meaning Extraction Method
(MEM) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA), to identify key factors in open-text …

Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use: a qualitative user perspective

RJ Avierinos, E Beukes, V Manchaiah… - … Journal of Audiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective This study aimed to explore meaningful life changes due to hearing aid use in
adult users. Design A cross-sectional survey design was used with open-ended questions …

Hearing aid user perspectives: reasons and recommendations for prescription and over-the-counter device uptake

M Knoetze, V Manchaiah, DW Swanepoel - The Hearing Journal, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Despite the prevalence of hearing loss 1, people often delay seeking hearing help 2 and
taking up hearing aids. 3 This is partly due to limited access to hearing health care services …

Clinical Practice Guideline: Age‐Related Hearing Loss

BS Tsai Do, ML Bush, HM Weinreich… - … –Head and Neck …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Age‐related hearing loss (ARHL) is a prevalent but often underdiagnosed and
undertreated condition among individuals aged 50 and above. It is associated with various …

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Hearing Aid Benefit and Satisfaction: Content Validity and Readability

I Oosthuizen, LMS Kumar, KV Nisha… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Numerous patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are available to measure
hearing aid benefit and satisfaction. It is unclear to what extent currently available PROMs …

Real-life and real-time hearing aid experiences: Insights from self-initiated ecological momentary assessments and natural language analysis

C Vercammen, I Oosthuizen, V Manchaiah… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Smartphone technology can provide an effective means to bring real-life and
(near-) real-time feedback from hearing aid wearers into the clinic. Ecological Momentary …

Consumer Perspectives on Improving Hearing Aids: A Qualitative Study

N Desai, EW Beukes, V Manchaiah… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ASHA
Purpose: Hearing aids play a pivotal role in mitigating the impact of hearing loss, yet their
adoption and consistent usage remains suboptimal. Understanding the hearing aid needs of …