5 results match your criteria: "b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre[Affiliation]"
Assessing hearing loss self-management in older adults.
Int J Audiol
April 2018
b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne , Australia , and.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate a self-management assessment tool to identify unmet hearing health care needs in older adults.
- The research involved using two assessment methods, the Partners in Health scale and the Cue and Response interview, to compare their effectiveness in determining hearing loss self-management skills.
- Findings revealed that while participants had good knowledge of hearing loss, many faced unmet psychosocial needs, indicating a need for more tailored assessment tools and interventions in audiological rehabilitation.
Difficult conversations: talking about cost in audiology consultations with older adults.
Int J Audiol
November 2017
a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences , The University of Queensland, Queensland , Australia.
Objective: Financial cost is a barrier for many older adults in their decision to obtain hearing aids (HAs). This study aimed to examine conversations about the cost of HAs in detail within initial audiology appointments.
Design: Sixty-two initial audiology appointments were video-recorded.
Application of the transtheoretical model of behaviour change for identifying older clients' readiness for hearing rehabilitation during history-taking in audiology appointments.
Int J Audiol
July 2016
a School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences , The University of Queensland, Brisbane , Australia .
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.
A practical guide to cochlear implantation in adults with long durations of monaural sound deprivation.
Int J Audiol
November 2017
b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia .
Objective: This paper aims to summarize published findings by the authors and integrate these within current literature to support clinical guidelines when choosing an ear for cochlear implantation in adults with long-term monaural sound deprivation.
Study Sample: Four retrospective cohort studies based on data collected in five cochlear implantation centres with adults with bilateral hearing loss who used a single hearing aid for at least 15 years prior to unilateral or bilateral cochlear implantation.
Design: Review, integration and interpretation of retrospective cohort studies to support clinical recommendations.
Speech recognition outcomes following bilateral cochlear implantation in adults aged over 50 years old.
Int J Audiol
November 2017
b HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia .
Objective: To examine the speech recognition benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation over unilateral implantation in adults aged over 50 years old, and to identify potential predictors of successful bilateral implantation in this group.
Design: Retrospective cohort study using data collected during standard clinical practice. Bilateral performance was compared to the unilateral performance with the first and second implanted ear and examined in relation to potential predictive variables.