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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Hearing health"”.
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mHealth-supported hearing health training for early childhood development practitioners : an intervention study
(1) Hearing health training and promotion is a priority for early childhood development (ECD) practitioners, but training opportunities are limited, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). mHealth (mobile health) has the potential to deliver scalable ear and hearing training to ECD …
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Hearing Health Awareness among Medical Practitioners Managing Patients with Diabetes in South Africa
… DM related auditory symptoms can include hearing loss (HL), tinnitus and balance disorders. The negative impact of DM on hearing health in context of the rise in the prevalence of DM, lends impetus for audiological assessment and management of patients with diabetes (PWD). It is unknown as …
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Supporting hearing health for vulnerable populations affected and infected by HIV/AIDS using mobile technologies
Access to ear and hearing care is a challenge in low-to-middle income countries (LMICs) where the burden of hearing loss is greatest. This study investigated a community-based programme for detection and diagnosis of hearing loss, using smartphone hearing screening operated by community care …
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Hearing Health in Utah Special Olympics Athletes Compared to Special Olympics Athletes Worldwide: A Prevalence Study in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
The Special Olympics Healthy Athletes initiative promotes wellness of the athletes with intellectual disabilities and education for medical professionals. Healthy Athletes has created a hearing screening program, Healthy Hearing, to help athletes with intellectual disabilities get the otological …
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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
This 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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A Customer-Centered, Strategic Marketing Plan and Advertising Campaign For Audiologists in the Plains States
… Consumers are becoming more educated and modifed health 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 …
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Hearing Aid Coverage for Arizona Medicaid: A Model Proposal and Stakeholder Mobilization
… to support low-income adults, aged 22-64, with hearing loss. This is in part because Arizona does not have hearing health coverage through Medicaid. Medicaid is a state and federally funded low-income healthcare coverage plan. To change this, seven students of the doctor-of-audiology program at …
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Exploring student-led interprofessional education through a community service project
… and perceptions toward IPE. Students from four health science programs including Dental Hygiene, Communication Sciences and Disorders/Speech and Hearing, Health Services Administration and Occupational Therapy participated in a community service event. Students provided screenings to veteran …
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An Ecological Approach to the Assessment and Promotion of Hearing Protection Behaviour in the Workplace
Background: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a common debilitating occupational health problem in New Zealand and globally. In addition to the economic burden arising from compensation and rehabilitation for NIHL, quality of life is diminished. Unfortunately, interventions to prevent NIHL have …
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The challenges and coping strategies of communication partners of older adults with disabling hearing loss using assistive hearing technology. a South African study
The effects of disabling hearing loss can create communication barriers that do not only affect the person with hearing loss (PHL), but also the communication partner's (CP) quality of life. Literature has previously been centred around the individual with hearing loss, thus leaving an information …
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Caregivers' experiences, perspectives and expectations regarding diagnosis and management in children with MMHL: Information and support
Less severe hearing loss such mild to moderate hearing loss tend be given less attention by caregivers and there is little attention given by researchers compared to more severe hearing loss. There is a gap in literature about caregivers' experiences and perspectives regarding overall diagnosis and …
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Factors Related to Self-Identification of Candidacy, Device Selection, and Self-Fitting of Over-The-Counter Hearing Aids
<p>Purpose: The Over-The-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Act was introduced in an effort to make hearing aids more accessible and affordable. Implementation of this law will go into effect in 2020. It is assumed that the average consumer will be able to self-navigate an OTC hearing aid fitting. In the …
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Genetic aetiology of autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing loss in sub-Saharan African patients: evaluation using targeted and whole exome sequencing
Hearing Loss (HL) is one of the highest contributors to disability worldwide. The highest incidence of the disease is seen in developing countries, such as those in subSaharan Africa (SSA). Patients affected with disabling HL are reported to be more than 466 million worldwide. The causes of HL can …