A Pilot Study to Develop the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Audiology
Background: Health literacy describes an individuals' ability to maximize their potential in health care, including one's ability to understand information needed to make informed health decisions.
Hua Ou
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Hearing Conservation Program For Marching Band Members: A Risk For Noise-Induced Hearing Loss? [PDF]
Purpose: To examine the risk for noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in university marching band members and to provide an overview of a hearing conservation program for a marching band.
Carney, Edward +3 more
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Adaptation of Teleaudiology Approach in Undergraduate Clinical Examinations: Lesson Learned
USM’s undergraduate audiology program began in 2005 and lasted eight semesters. Advances in information and communications technology (ICT) and the global COVID-19 epidemic are promoting telehealth in clinical teaching.
Mohd Fadzil Nor Rashid +3 more
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Hearing loss and access to audiology services in rural victoria: Findings from the crossroads study
Context: Rural residents can be exposed to high levels of agricultural machinery noise and are at risk of hearing loss. Aims: This study aimed to determine audiology service use and rates of hearing loss in a regional area of Australia, using both self ...
Kristen M Glenister, David Simmons
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Mining and analysis of audiology data to find significant factors associated with tinnitus masker [PDF]
Objectives: The objective of this research is to find the factors associated with tinnitus masker from the literature, and by using the large amount of audiology data available from a large NHS (National Health Services, UK) hearing aid clinic.
AC Davis +49 more
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Background and objectives: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major cause of sensorineural hearing loss in children [1]. Universal screening is controversial due to the low risk of CMV-related hearing loss [2].
Saul Diaz-Martinez +5 more
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Can older people remember medication reminders presented using synthetic speech? [PDF]
Reminders are often part of interventions to help older people adhere to complicated medication regimes. Computer-generated (synthetic) speech is ideal for tailoring reminders to different medication regimes.
Al-Awar Smither +49 more
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Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration
IntroductionBoth hearing loss and dementia are extremely pervasive, especially amongst older adults. As hearing loss and dementia have common symptoms, misdiagnosis can be common, and failure to address hearing loss for people with dementia could ...
Emma E. Broome +6 more
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A European perspective on auditory processing disorder-current knowledge and future research focus [PDF]
Current notions of \u201chearing impairment,\u201d as reflected in clinical audiological practice, do not acknowledge the needs of individuals who have normal hearing pure tone sensitivity but who experience auditory processing difficulties in everyday ...
Bamiou, Doris-Eva +22 more
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Translational Research in Audiology: Presence in the Literature
Translational research is a process that focuses on advancing basic research-based clinical solutions and is characterized by a structured process accelerating the implementation of scientific discoveries in healthcare.
Agnieszka J. Szczepek +2 more
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