| Titre : | Older adults’ experiences and issues with hearing aids in the first six months after hearing aid fitting (2018) |
| Auteurs : | Jorunn Solheim ; Caryl Gay ; Louise Hickson |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | International Journal of Audiology IJA (Vol. 57, n°1-12, January-December 2018) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 31-39 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Prothèse auditive ; Sujet âgé |
| Résumé : | This study describes older adults’ experiences with a new hearing aid (HA) during the first 6 months after fitting. Design: In a longitudinally designed study, experiences and issues with HA use were assessed at a six-month follow-up appointment in individual structured interviews lasting 30 min. Associations between HA experiences and demographic factors, degree of hearing loss, and an objective measure of HA use (datalogging) were also examined. Study sample: 181 HA recipients (≥60 years) attending a six-month follow-up appointment. Results: Participants reported an average of 1.4 issues (range 0–5, median = 1, mode = 1) with HA use, the most common pertaining to the earmold (26.5%), sound quality (26.0%) and handling (25.5%). Participants who reported at least one issue had fewer hours of use per day, but were not more likely to be non-users ( |
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| Disponible en ligne : | Oui |
| En ligne : | https://login.ezproxy.vinci.be/login?url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14992027.2017.1380849 |
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| Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| International journal of audiology IJA. Vol. 57, n°1-12 (January-December 2018) | Périodique papier | Ixelles | Rez | Consultation sur place uniquement Exclu du prêt |
