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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Audiologists"”.
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An Exploration of Audiologists' Readiness to Adopt Connected Hearing Healthcare for Remote Hearing Aid Fitting
… This survey-based study aimed to describe audiologists’ readiness to adopt Connected Audiology for remote hearing aid fitting using a modified framework for eHealth readiness. Methods: An analytic, cross-sectional quantitative survey called the Connected Audiology Readiness Evaluation …
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A Customer-Centered, Strategic Marketing Plan and Advertising Campaign For Audiologists in the Plains States
… care plans provide more choices than previously. Audiologists began dispensing hearing aids only 20 years ago and by 1994 increased their market share of hearing aid fittings to 49.3%, with a greater market share in the future. Current training prepares audiologists to meet the challenges of a …
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Practices and Perceptions of Audiologists in Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Older Adult Clients
… which have both been related to hearing loss. Audiologists, as hearing care professionals, may play an important role in early identification, referral, and management of these disorders. Small studies from high-income countries suggested that audiologists lack knowledge and skills related to …
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The education programmes and perceived competence in using auditory brainstem response testing : the audiologists' perspective
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-93).
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Development of an ABA Tool Kit for Audiologists to Increase Hearing Aid Wear Time in Individuals with Autism
… hearing loss and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), audiologists are often faced with unique challenges and must adapt their approach in order to more effectively address the needs of these individuals. Currently, there is only a small body of research focused on the special considerations required …
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Audiologists' perceptions of ethical climate and level of moral distress in the provision of amplification services in South Africa
… to MD. In public services provided by the state, audiologists have inadequate resources and funding; therefore, only some patients who warrant a hearing aid receive one, likely causing ethical and moral tensions. MD has negative consequences for professionals such as compassion fatigue, poor …
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Current tele-audiology services in clinical practice and the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on audiologists? perceptions of tele-audiology
Approximately 20% of patients who undergo anti-reflux surgery will report a recurrence of reflux symptoms or develop new symptoms, with 5% ultimately requiring revision fundoplication. The aim of this study is to document symptoms at representation, pre-operative work-up and intraoperative findings …
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Survey of the Diagnostic, Rehabilitative, Educational, and Inter-professional Changes in the Profession of Audiology
… changes since its inception. A survey of audiologists working in a variety of settings was conducted to gain insight into their perspective on how the scope of audiology practice has changed overtime. Participants responded to an open-ended questionnaire with questions ranging from queries …
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A South African perspective: audiologists' and otologists' orientation to, and use of evidence-based practice with reference to benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
… countries. This study investigated South African audiologists' and otorhinolaryngologists' (ear, nose and throat specialists') self-reported orientation to evidence-based practice. Second, adherence to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines was assessed with reference to the diagnosis and …
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Hearing health care in the United States: A multi-scale spatial & political economic analysis of health care policy and access to audiology services
… project addresses hearing health care workers (audiologists) in the United States and the ways that structural, top-down pressures shape their spatial behavior and practice, which cumulatively affects the availability and accessibility of their services at multiple scales. Hearing loss is the …
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Remote hearing aid fitting
… costly process due to the cost of hearing aids, audiologists' hourly rates, and large travelling distances caused by regionally sparse audiologist populations. This dissertation is focused on the development of a system which aims at reducing the severity of this problem.
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Translation and Adaptation of the Self Assessment of Communication (SAC) and Significant Other Assessment of Communication (SOAC) into Afrikaans
… of the Afrikaans SAC and SOAC by South African audiologists through surveys and verbal feedback interviews. The AAOS translation and adaptation guideline is a multi-step translation method that involves five stages: (i) Forward Translation from the source language (English) to the target …
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Acquired Hearing Impairment in Older Couple Relationships: an Exploration of Couple Resilience Processes
… data collection. Couples were recruited through audiologists and through a snowball sampling method. At least one partner was 60 years of age or older. Audiograms were requested from audiologists, and couples completed a marital satisfaction scale. Themes describing meaning and resilience …
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Values in American Hearing Healthcare
… values in audiology through a national survey of audiologists, confirming alignment with best-practice guidelines. Previous work developed a codebook of values based on textual documents representing best practices in traditional audiology, and it was essential to validate these findings by …
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Hearing Health Awareness among Medical Practitioners Managing Patients with Diabetes in South Africa
… 44.9%) were not at all familiar with the role of audiologists in the management of PWD. With participants who were aware of DM related auditory symptoms (n=95, 40.3%), there was an increased likelihood to refer PWD to an audiologist and/or ENT (p<0.001). Furthermore, counselling on DM related …
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D/deaf and hard-of-hearing young adults with intellectual disability?s experience of and their caregivers' and audiologists? perceptions of aural rehabilitation practices and tools utilized at schools for the D/deaf in Western Cape Province, South Africa
… interviews were conducted with three audiologists to gather information on their perceptions and experiences of aural rehabilitation practices and tools utilized with D/deaf and hardof-hearing children with an intellectual disability. Semi-structured interviews were also done with four …
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Implanted : technology and connection in the deaf world
… on interviews with implant engineers, surgeons, audiologists, and other specialists, the piece describes how cochlear implants function and how the devices have improved since the 1980s. Equally, the thesis pulls from interviews with bioethicists, deaf and hard of hearing individuals, educators …
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Clinicians' knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards evidence-based practice using clinical presentations of dizziness and vertigo as an exemplar
… a specific subset of South African clinicians (audiologists, otorhinolaryngologists, and physiotherapists) in South Africa, using assessment and management of dizzy patients as an exemplar. Mixed methodology achieved the study's aims. Phase one employed a two-part questionnaire. Fifty-four …
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Development of Tongan Materials for Determining Speech Recognition Thresholds
… languages other than English, which results in audiologists testing individuals using materials developed in a non-native language. Research shows that this is problematic, as certain criterion for SRT testing are not met. Thus, performance may reflect test-language deficiency rather than …
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Psychometrically Equivalent Bisyllabic Words for Speech Reception Threshold Testing in Arabic
… population of non-English speaking people, audiologists need speech audiometry materials in a variety of languages. The purpose of this study was to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and equate Arabic bisyllabic words for use in testing speech reception threshold. Ninety frequently used …
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