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Complexities and challenges in preventive audiology

, 2022
The success of any preventive healthcare programme is reliant on a functional healthcare system. Within this system of care, healthcare professionals, including audiologists, can only practice safely and effectively if they possess an appreciation of the
Malulekea, Ntsako P., Moola, Najeebah, Ntlhakana, Liepollo, Sebothoma, Ben, Masuku, Khetsiwe P., Serooe, Tshepang, Khoza-Shangase, Katijah, Moroe, Nomfundo F., Casoojee, Aisha, Mophosho, Munyane, Pillay, Dhanashree   +10 more
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Tele-Audiology as a Means to Increasing Access to Audiologic Services [PDF]

, 2013
The need for audiologic services is significant across the world. Barriers to accessing health and health-related services in developing countries and in remote and rural areas of developed countries results in a greater need of those services.
Stephens, Michelle
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Applied tele-audiology research in clinical practice during the past decade: a scoping review [PDF]

International Journal of Audiology, 2020
The purpose of this scoping review was two-fold, (1) to provide information about the characteristics, type of service delivery, participant information and outcomes related to tele-audiology in clinical popluations, and (2) to describe documented facilitators and barriers to tele-audiology delivery from the perspectives of practitioners and service ...
Karen, Muñoz, Naveen K, Nagaraj, Natalie, Nichols   +2 more
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on audiology services in South Africa: A preliminary study

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2023
Background: Hygiene-, work practices, travel, personal interactions and access to healthcare services changed for the majority of the world during the pandemic.
Katerina Ehlert
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of School-age Hearing Screening Applications: The Tele-audiological Perspective

Journal of Academic Research in Medicine, 2023
Objective: Hearing health is one of the areas that should be considered especially in childhood. School-age hearing screening (SAHS) is important for the detection and prevention of hearing loss. The aim of our study is to compare the use of teleaudiological applications for SAHS with standard SAHS applications and to determine possible similarities or
Ahmet Ceylan, Eyyup Kara, Mustafa Caner Kesimli, Deniz Kaya, Ahmet Ataş   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Impact of COVID-19 on the access to hearing health care services for children with cochlear implants: a survey of parents [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2020
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in an unprecedented manner. It has aggravated psychological distress in parents of children with cochlear implants.
Mohammed Ayas, Ahmad Mohd Haider Ali Al Amadi, Duaa Khaled, Ahmad Munzer Alwaa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Hearing Aid Uptake to Hearing Aid Effectiveness: Rethinking Dementia Risk Reduction in Adults With Hearing Loss

Sensory Neuroscience, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Hearing loss is a leading modifiable risk factor for dementia, yet evidence that hearing interventions reduce dementia risk has been mixed and difficult to translate into practice. Jiang and colleagues address this gap by shifting the focus from hearing aid uptake to hearing aid effectiveness in a pooled analysis of 61,089 adults with hearing ...
Bamini Gopinath, Ghazal Shineh, Diana Tang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mining and analysis of audiology data to find significant factors associated with tinnitus masker [PDF]

, 2013
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.
Anwar, Muhammad Naveed, Anwar, Naveed, Muhammad Naveed Anwar   +2 more
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Narrative review on embracing advances in technology for clinical teaching and learning in audiology: opportunities delivered by COVID-19 to the South African academy

Frontiers in Education
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic precipitated a global shift in education and healthcare delivery, including the field of audiology. In South Africa, the sudden transition to remote learning and tele-healthcare posed unique challenges, particularly given ...
Katijah Khoza-Shangase
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Implementation and evaluation of a rural community-based pediatric hearing screening program integrating in-person and tele-diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR)

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In an attempt to reach remote rural areas, this study explores a community-based, pediatric hearing screening program in villages, integrating two models of diagnostic ABR testing; one using a tele-medicine approach and the other a traditional
Vidya Ramkumar, Roopa Nagarajan, Vanaja C. Shankarnarayan, Selvakumar Kumaravelu, James W. Hall   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source