Why do people fitted with hearing aids not wear them?

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...

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...

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 ...

People Interact Through Computers Not With Them

A view of human-human interaction is presented and its implications for human-computer interaction discussed. Two propositions are advanced. The first is that interaction with computer systems is properly seen as mediated discourse, more akin to reading books and notices than interpersonal dialogues. The second proposition is a consequence of this, namely that unconstrained natural language is ...

Wear them, forget them.