Objectives: Emotional and psychological well-being are essential to overall health, but there
is little research showing how to approach emotional and psychological concerns in the …

Purpose Emotional and mental health is essential to overall health, but there has been little
research on how to approach emotional and mental health in the audiology setting. This …

Objective Audiology patients frequently experience psychosocial difficulties created by their
hearing loss or exacerbated by the loss. Clinicians are not always attuned to the unstated …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the current practices and training
requirements for supporting clients experiencing psychosocial concerns in the audiology …

Purpose: Hearing loss causes emotional distress and can contribute to the development of
psychological difficulties, yet emotional and psychological issues are not addressed within …

Objective To explore the barriers and facilitators faced by hearing healthcare clinicians
(HHCs) with respect to asking adults with hearing loss (HL) about their emotional well-being …

Objective To identify the approaches taken by audiologists to address their adult clients'
psychosocial needs related to hearing loss. Design A participatory mixed methods design …

Objective To explore the perceived benefit and likely implementation of approaches used by
audiologists to address their adult clients' psychosocial needs related to hearing loss …

Objective To identify the barriers and facilitators of hearing healthcare clinicians (HHC)
providing information to audiology consumers on (i) the mental health impacts of hearing …

From left: Dr. Muñoz is a licensed audiologist and an associate professor of Audiology at
Utah State University, where Ms. McLeod is a fourth year AuD student. Drs. Pitt and Preston …