Incidence and Predictors of Hearing Aid Use and Ownership Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss

Gopinath, Bamini; Schneider, Julie; Hartley, David; Teber, Erdahl; McMahon, Catherine M.; Leeder, Stephen; Mitchell, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.03.005

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“…More recently, Gopinath et al (2011) investigated incidence and predictors of hearing aid ownership and use among older Australian adults. They found that one key reason for nonownership of hearing aids was the high costs of aids.…”

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The ICF core sets for hearing loss project: Functioning and disability from the patient perspective

Granberg

Pronk

Swanepoel

et al. 2014

International Journal of Audiology

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Objective: To explore areas of functioning, disability and environmental factors of adults with hearing loss (HL) by using the ICF classification as a tool to determine and document each element. Design: A qualitative study applying mainly focus-group methodology was applied). Conclusions: The present study illustrates the complexity and comprehensiveness of aspects involved in functioning and disability of adults with HL. The findings highlight the necessity of using a multidimensional tool, such as the ICF, where both internal and external aspects are valued and considered in the analysis.

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confidence: 99%

The ICF core sets for hearing loss project: Functioning and disability from the patient perspective

Granberg

Pronk

Swanepoel

et al. 2014

International Journal of Audiology

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“…This idea could be related to the underestimation of hearing disability and limited knowledge about HA benefits. Furthermore, device related factors such as cost of HAs, cost of batteries, and cost and service of maintenance were important factors that also reported in literature [17,[20][21][22] . Organic causes related to ear infection or allergy from the material of HA or ear mold were demonstrated in some cases in this study and supported by other studies [17,23] .…”

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“…Poor benefit resulted from poor speech recognition, poor sound quality, and difficult listening with intervening noise, whereas discomfort with HA resulted from abnormal loudness growth, distortion, and internal noise. Similarly, several researchers reported reasons related to the limited HA value and comfort [8,17,19,20] .…”

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Causes of Hearing Aid Rejection in Geriatric Population of Egyptian Rural Areas

Ibraheem

2017

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Background: Hearing loss affects a considerable proportion of geriatrics in Egypt. Although hearing aid technology is improving, there is still a high prevalence of hearing aid rejection in elder population. Causes of hearing aid rejection in rural geriatric population were not investigated in previous researches. Objective: This study aimed to detect causes of hearing aid rejection in rural geriatric population. Patients and Methods: Thirty rural elders of both genders, ≥ 65 years old, with ≥ moderately severe hearing loss participated in this study. They were subjected to history taking, Hearing Handicap Inventory for the elderly, queries about causes of HA rejection in rural areas, and basic audiological evaluation. Results: Psychosocial causes of hearing aid rejection were the more prevalent (36.7%), followed by audiological (20%), cultural believes (16.7%), device, and organic causes. Factors such as age, education, self-perceived disability, type and degree of hearing loss, and speech intelligibility affect the prevalence of theses causes. Conclusion: Identifying causes of hearing aid rejection and factors influencing them helps proper modification of hearing rehabilitation strategies.

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“…A recent study found that only just over half of clients who were recommended hearing aids within an initial audiology appointment made a commitment to obtain them within that appointment (Grenness et al, 2015a). There is also an underutilization of hearing aids among those who have been fitted with them (Chien & Lin, 2012;Gopinath et al, 2011;Hartley et al, 2010). These findings highlight that help-seeking is not synonymous with a readiness for obtaining and using hearing aids.…”

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Application of the transtheoretical model of behaviour change for identifying older clients’ readiness for hearing rehabilitation during history-taking in audiology appointments

Ekberg

Grenness²,

Hickson

2016

International Journal of Audiology

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Objectives: The transtheoretical model (TTM) of behaviour change focuses on clients' readiness for adopting new health behaviours. This study explores how clients' readiness for change can be identified through their interactions with audiologists during history-taking in initial appointments; and whether clients' readiness has consequences for the rehabilitation decisions they make within the initial appointment. Design: Conversation analysis (CA) was used to examine video-recorded initial audiology appointments with older adults with hearing impairment. Study sample: The data corpus involved 62 recorded appointments with 26 audiologists and their older adult clients (aged 55+ years). Companions were present in 17 appointments. Results: Clients' readiness for change could be observed through their interaction with the audiologist. Analysis demonstrated that the way clients described their hearing in the history-taking phase had systematic consequences for how they responded to rehabilitation recommendations (in particular, hearing aids) in the management phase of the appointment. In particular, clients identified as being in a pre-contemplation stage-of-change were more likely to display resistance to a recommendation of hearing aids (80% declined). Conclusions: The transtheoretical model of behaviour change can be useful for helping audiologists individualize management planning to be congruent with individual clients' needs, attitudes, desires, and psychological readiness for action in order to optimize clients' hearing outcomes.

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Incidence and Predictors of Hearing Aid Use and Ownership Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss

Cited by 117 publications

References 40 publications

The ICF core sets for hearing loss project: Functioning and disability from the patient perspective

The ICF core sets for hearing loss project: Functioning and disability from the patient perspective

Causes of Hearing Aid Rejection in Geriatric Population of Egyptian Rural Areas

Application of the transtheoretical model of behaviour change for identifying older clients’ readiness for hearing rehabilitation during history-taking in audiology appointments

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