means to live with hearing impairment. The need for this paradigm shift has been echoed repeatedly in audiology (Erdman, 1993a, 2009a; Erdman, Wark, & Montano, 1994; Gagné, 1998; Hickson, 2012;…
namely, duration, intensity, and frequency. There exist models of communication that describe and explain the rules that people intuitively use when they interact with one another. Theories, models, and frameworks…
and other videos, which, they reported, were of considerable help. Finally, almost half (33) reported they had received no training at all. Several of the respondents expressed concern that they…
scale, the possible situations where hearing assistance is needed may be determined. The results of the latest MarkeTrak IX survey showed an increased satisfaction with hearing aids (from 74% to…
2017) argue that the currently applied criteria for CI result in underreferral of persons who could potentially benefit, and that “traditional” CI candidates are underreferred, as are persons who meet…
of health care for older adults with comorbidities, and advancing the shift in AR from treating hearing impairment to promoting health and improving quality of life for listeners and their…
in a group setting over at least a few sessions and are known collectively as Group Audiologic Rehabilitation (GAR). Boothroyd (2007) described AR as a holistic approach promoting the “reduction…
Therefore, for a person to become an effective and successful user of hearing aids, they need to have the knowledge to understand how hearing aids work within everyday communication situations,…
even the most advanced hearing aid technologies can restore only approximately half of the degree of sustained hearing loss (Dillon, 2012; Lybarger, 1944). As such, many patients, even after the…
growth in the elderly populations worldwide. An important consequence of this development is a drastic decrease in the number of workers per retiree in the society, putting high strains on…
