Influence of hearing loss on social participation in older adults: results from a scoping review

A Prieur Chaintré, Y Couturier… - Research on …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the influence of hearing loss
on social participation in older adults and including its facilitators and barriers. Following the …

'The worse my hearing got, the less sociable I got': a qualitative study of patient and professional views of the management of social isolation and hearing loss

E Heffernan, CM Withanachchi, MA Ferguson - Age and Ageing, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Social isolation is a major consequence of hearing loss. It includes an objective
component (eg small social network) and a subjective component (eg loneliness). Objective …

Smartphone-connected hearing aids enable and empower self-management of hearing loss: A qualitative interview study underpinned by the behavior change wheel

R Gomez, A Habib, DW Maidment… - Ear and Hearing, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To identify patient-reported barriers and facilitators to using smartphone-
connected hearing aids, using the Behavior Change Wheel (BCW) to understand …

Refinement and validation of the empowerment audiology questionnaire: rasch analysis and traditional psychometric evaluation

RJ Bennett, J Larsson, S Gotowiec… - Ear and Hearing, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Empowerment is the process through which individuals with hearing-related
challenges acquire and use knowledge, skills and strategies, and increase self-efficacy …

Barriers and facilitators to asking adults with hearing loss about their emotional and psychological well-being: a COM-B analysis

M Nickbakht, CJ Meyer, L Saulsman… - … Journal of Audiology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Audiological approaches to address the psychosocial needs of adults with hearing loss: perceived benefit and likelihood of use

RJ Bennett, C Barr, A Cortis… - … Journal of Audiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Understanding patient empowerment along the hearing health journey

S Gotowiec, J Larsson, P Incerti, T Young… - … Journal of Audiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Related to the hearing health journey, this study aimed to:(i) explore how
empowerment manifests itself from individuals' first awareness of hearing loss through to …

Addressing emotional and psychological problems associated with hearing loss: Perspective of consumer and community representatives

RJ Bennett, S Donaldson, I Kelsall-Foreman… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose: Hearing loss causes emotional distress and can contribute to the development of
psychological difficulties, yet emotional and psychological issues are not addressed within …

Defining a patient-centred core outcome domain set for the assessment of hearing rehabilitation with clients and professionals

D Allen, L Hickson, M Ferguson - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background A variety of outcome domains are currently measured for the assessment of
hearing rehabilitation. To date, there is no consensus about which outcome domains should …

Use of the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention to improve the provision of mental wellbeing support within the audiology setting

RJ Bennett, RS Bucks, L Saulsman… - Implementation science …, 2023 - Springer
Objective This study describes the development of an intervention to increase the frequency
of audiologists' asking about and providing information regarding mental wellbeing within …