Follow up of people fitted with hearing aids

Follow up of people fitted with hearing aids after adult hearing screening: the need for support after fitting.

In the British population only 20-25% of people who report hearing difficulties possess a hearing aid. We have proposed that adult hearing screening would increase the use of hearing aids. In three studies conducted in Wales between 1982 and 1992 all people aged 50-65 in four general practices were sent a screening questionnaire on hearing difficulties. Those who reported hearing problems were ...

Why do people fitted with hearing aids not wear them?

OBJECTIVE Age-related hearing loss is an increasingly important public health problem affecting approximately 40% of 55-74 year olds. The primary clinical management intervention for people with hearing loss is hearing aids, however, the majority (80%) of adults aged 55-74 years who would benefit from a hearing aid, do not use them. Furthermore, many people given a hearing aid do not wear it. T...

Group follow up proposal for elderly with hearing aids.

UNLABELLED Implementing rehabilitation programs to hearing impaired adults is of great importance, mainly in the elderly population, and it is necessary to add them to the routine of outpatient care programs. AIM to present a group care program for elderly patients who are fitted with hearing aids. MATERIAL AND METHOD to carry out a pilot study of clinical and experimental type, with the pa...

Profile of patients with cleft palate fitted with hearing AIDS.

UNLABELLED Cleft palates cause alterations in palate and lip structures, and it may also cause hearing loss because of recurrent otitis media. The appropriate treatment is controversial. It may include the prescription of antibiotics and insertion of a ventilation tube, or even otorhinolaryngological and audiological assistance, and hearing rehabilitation, with the use of an individual sound am...

Modern Hearing Aids: Verification, Outcome Measures, and Follow-Up.