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The primary concern among adults with regard to their hearing is the difficulty in comprehending speech, particularly in noisy environments. The constant need to listen attentively leads to heightened frustration, fatigue and decreased concentration. According to research, high-frequency hearing loss could have negative implications on speech perception and make it even harder to communicate.
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January 2025
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Objective: To assess the impact of cochlear implantation (CI) and speech perception outcomes on the quality of life (QoL) of adult CI users and their communication partners (CP) one-year post-implantation.
Design: This research is part of a prospective multicenter study in The Netherlands, called SMILE (Societal Merit of Intervention for hearing Loss Evaluation).
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Telehealth Research Strategies in a Post COVID-19 Era: A Roadmap for the Coming Decade.
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December 2024
Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded Think Tank, held at Michigan State University, brought together a wide range of subject matter experts in telemedicine, telehealth, digital health, digital access, and health care. The authors of this article represented a group focused on the research needs, constructs, and strategies in the post-COVID era. While telemedicine and telehealth grew exponentially during the pandemic, the challenges that have been with us for decades, while ameliorated to some extent, remain.
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Palliat Support Care
November 2024
Institute of Education and Research, GPQual - Research Group on Palliative Care and Quality of Life - Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, SPBrazil.
Objectives: To explore patients' awareness levels of palliative care (PC) and how this awareness shapes their preferences regarding the timing and approach for discussing it.
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It is well known that hearing in noisy situations is more challenging than in quiet environments. This holds true for adults and especially for children. This study employed a child-appropriate dual-task paradigm to investigate listening effort in children aged six to ten years and young adults.
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