| Hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation: Perspectives of adults with hearing impairment. | |
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PMID: 21942678 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Abstract Objective: This study investigated the perspectives of adults with hearing impairment on hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation. Design: Individual semi-structured interviews were completed. Study sample: In total, 34 adults with hearing impairment in four countries (Australia, Denmark, UK, and USA) participated. Participants had a range of experience with hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation, from never having sought help to being satisfied hearing-aid users. Results: Qualitative content analysis identified four main categories ('perceiving my hearing impairment', 'seeking hearing help', 'using my hearing aids', and 'perspectives and knowledge') and, at the next level, 25 categories. This article reports on the densest categories: they are described, exemplified with interview quotes, and discussed. Conclusions: People largely described hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation in the context of their daily lives. Adults with hearing impairment rarely described clinical encounters towards hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation as a connected process. They portrayed interactions with clinicians as isolated events rather than chronologically-ordered steps relating to a common goal. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed. Sumario Objetivo: Este estudio investigó la perspectiva que los adultos con hipoacusia tienen para buscar ayuda y rehabilitación. Diseño: se realizaron entrevistas individuales semi-estructuradas. Muestra: participó un total de 34 adultos con hipoacusia en cuatro pa ses (Australia, Dinamarca, Reino Unido y EUA). Los participantes se encontraban dentro de una amplia gama de experiencias en la búsqueda de ayuda y la rehabilitación; desde nunca haberla buscado hasta estar satisfechos como usuarios de auxiliares auditivos. Resultados: un análisis cualitativo identificó cuatro categorías principales ("percibiendo mi hipoacusia", "buscando ayuda auditiva", "utilizando mis auxiliares auditivos" y "perspectivas y conocimiento") y en el siguiente nivel, 25 categorías. Este artículo reporta las categorías más frecuentes: se describen con referencias de las entrevistas y se discuten. Conclusiones: Las personas describen ampliamente la búsqueda de ayuda auditiva y la rehabilitación en el contexto de su vida diaria. Los adultos con hipoacusia rara vez describen los encuentros clínicos al buscar la ayuda auditiva y la rehabilitación como un proceso interconectado. Describen las interacciones con los clínicos como eventos aislados más que como pasos cronológicamente ordenados encaminados a un objetivo común. Se discuten las implicaciones cl nicas de estos hallazgos. |
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Ariane Laplante-Lévesque; Line V Knudsen; Jill E Preminger; Lesley Jones; Claus Nielsen; Marie Oberg; Thomas Lunner; Louise Hickson; Graham Naylor; Sophia E Kramer |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-26 |
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Title: International journal of audiology Volume: - ISSN: 1708-8186 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101140017 Medline TA: Int J Audiol Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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* Eriksholm Research Centre , Oticon A/S, Snekkersten , Denmark. |
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