An evaluation of a behavioural treatment approach to hearing impairment

Andersson, Gerhard; Melin, Lennart; Scott, Berit; Lindberg, Per

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(94)00040-q

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“…Other supports are required; however, the evidence base for counselling and educationally based aural rehabilitation programmes is relatively underdeveloped. Studies have focused on pre-fitting individual counselling/education interventions (Norman et al 1994, Cunningham 1996, DiSarno 1997, Gussekloo et al 2003, Kramer et al 2005), post-fitting individual counselling/education interventions (Andersson et al 1995, Benyon et al 1997, Taylor & Jurma 1999, Sweetow & Sabes 2006), pre- and post-fitting individual counselling/education interventions (Brooks 1979, 1981, Alberti et al 1984, Jennings 2009). Group-based approaches include post-fitting educational classes (Norman et al 1995, Worrall et al 1998, Northern & Beyer 1999, Abrams et al 2002, Delb et al 2002), auditory training (Preminger & Ziegler 2008), and a combination of one post-fitting individual counselling/education session plus a group-based educational programme (Abrams et al 1992).…”

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Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

Kelly

Tolson

Day

et al. 2013

Health & Social Care in the Community

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This article reports a study exploring what older people believe would enable them to adjust to and gain maximum benefit from wearing a hearing aid. A mixed methods approach was employed during 2006 involving interviews with key stakeholders, a survey across three Scottish health board areas and focus groups. Nine key stakeholders from six national and local organisations were interviewed about the needs of older people being fitted with hearing aids. In total, 240 older people belonging to three different types of hearing impaired older people were surveyed: long-term users of hearing aids, new hearing aid users, and those on a waiting list from urban and rural areas (response rate = 24%). A series of eight follow-up focus groups with 31 audiology patients was held. Health professionals appeared to neglect appropriate provision of information and overly rely on technological interventions. Of 154 older people already fitted with hearing aids, only 52% of hearing aid users reported receiving enough practical help post fitting and only 41% reported receiving enough support. Approximately 40% reported not feeling confident in the use of their aids or their controls. Older people wanted more information than they received both before and after hearing aid fitting. Information provision and attention to the psychosocial aspects of care are key to enabling older people to adjust and optimise hearing aid benefit.

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Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

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Day

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Health & Social Care in the Community

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“…A number of VA audiology programs have started offering group hearing aid fitting and/or follow-up appointments. While a number of studies suggest that group aural rehabilitation visits can produce equivalent or better patient outcomes when offered as a supplement to standard care [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19], only limited observational evidence suggests that group follow-up visits yield hearing aid patient outcomes (e.g., hearing handicap, satisfaction, adherence) that are at least as good as individual visits [20]. No studies have been published that compare group and individual hearing aid fitting visits.…”

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Effectiveness of group versus individual hearing aid visits

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Abstract-Demand for hearing aid services in the VeteransHealth Administration increased over 300% from 1996 to 2005, challenging the delivery of timely, high-quality care. Using group visits may help meet these needs, but whether this approach would still provide high-quality rehabilitation is unclear. This study determined whether group visits worsen hearing aid outcomes. It included a retrospective observational cohort in veterans seeking hearing aids at the Department of Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System from September 2004 to March 2005, when the clinic was using both individual and group visits. Medical records were reviewed for all new hearing aid patients seen during this period. Hearing-related outcome questionnaires were compared between patients seen for individual versus group fitting and/or follow-up visits. Results revealed that hearing thresholds were similar between patients seen individually and in groups. Of 74 patients who returned self-administered questionnaires after the follow-up, those who received both fitting and follow-up in a group format reported similar hearing handicap and better hearing-related function, satisfaction, and adherence than patients who received individual visits. Group visits did not appear to yield worse outcomes in this nonrandomized retrospective chart review. Definitive statements must await randomized comparisons.

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“…Konno (1986) and Endoh (1991) also indicated that postural control while sitting could facilitate orienting responses to stimuli induced by others and the emergence of coordinated eye-hand movements in profoundly retarded children exploring an object. Studies of elderly handicapped people (Anderson et al, 1995;Naruse, 1982) have likewise indicated that improvements in postural control might enhance the feeling of actually being in contact with the external world, as well as cognitivebehavioral coping strategies such as selfefficacy.…”

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“…Earlier studies have suggested that relaxation training can enhance the stability of body-mind processes, attentional control, positive attitudes toward the outer world, and cognitivebehavioral coping skills, and in turn facilitate improvements in visual and auditory responses (Anderson et al, 1995;Konno, 1997a). Konno (1997b) examined the effects of Dohsa-method relaxation on improvements in visual and hearing acuity as well as on improvements in body perception and external perception in college students with normal vision and hearing.…”

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The lateral effects of Dohsa‐method relaxation on visual and auditory responses

Konno

1999

Jpn Psychol Res

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A number of studies have demonstrated the effects of relaxation training on improvements in visual and auditory responses. Graham and Leibowitz (1972) examined the effects of direct hypnotic and posthypnotic suggestion on visual acuity. The suggestions given were to feel completely relaxed, refreshed, to concentrate on the muscles around and behind the eyes, and to notice them becoming as relaxed and weightless as the rest of the muscles in the body. It was explained that the degree of relaxation attained would affect the muscles which control the lens, thus changing the focus of the eye and permitting clearer vision. The experimenters also stressed that improvement was contingent upon the subject's ability to relax the eye muscles, and that hypnosis was simply a tool which enabled the subject to do this more effectively. Telles, Nagarathna, and Nagendra (1995) reported an improvement in visual perception following yoga training, consisting of physical postures, regulation of breathing, a visual focusing exercise, and meditation. Subjects receiving the training had significant improvements in detecting the flickering of a light of fixed luminance. Brown, Forte, and Dysart (1984) reported that advanced meditators were able to distinguish subtle differences in color and shade, and had on the whole more sensitive visual perception.Concerning the improvements in auditory perception, Anderson, Melin, Scott, and Lidberg (1995) treated elderly hearing-impaired subjects using a shortened version of applied relaxation (Öst, 1987). The purpose of the exercise was to enhance subjects' ability to concentrate on one person at a time without being tense or disturbed by background noise. The ability to The lateral effects of Dohsa-method relaxation on visual and auditory responsesYOSHITAKA KONNO Faculty of Education, Bunkyo University, Minami-Ogishima, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8511, Japan Abstract: The effects of relaxation training, using the Dohsa method, on visual and auditory responses were examined. Twelve college students underwent relaxation training either to the left shoulder, left side of the waist, and the left foot, or to the right side. The measures used in this study were weight-bearing, body perception and external perception, visual field, and visual and hearing acuity. Weight-bearing significantly increased for the foot undergoing relaxation training, compared with the untreated foot, indicating that the subjects stood more firmly on the ground on the relaxed foot. Subjects could also perceive positive changes in their "sense of standing firmly on the ground," "sense of activity in the body," "sense of muscular relaxation," and "sense of fullness in the abdomen" on the side of the body receiving relaxation training. There were positive changes in external perception such as "vividness of the external world," "breadth of the visual field," and "active impression of the external world" for subjects' vision on the side receiving relaxation training. Furthermore, visual and hearing acuity on the side on which relaxa...

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An evaluation of a behavioural treatment approach to hearing impairment

Cited by 40 publications

References 36 publications

Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

Older people’s views on what they need to successfully adjust to life with a hearing aid

Effectiveness of group versus individual hearing aid visits

The lateral effects of Dohsa‐method relaxation on visual and auditory responses

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