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Music listening and hearing aids: perspectives from audiologists and their patients.
- Source :
- International Journal of Audiology; Sep2020, Vol. 59 Issue 9, p694-706, 13p, 2 Charts, 13 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2020
-
Abstract
- Objective: Two studies explored hearing-aid user and audiologist experiences of hearing-aid use and fitting for music in the UK. Design and sample: One-hundred-seventy-six hearing-aid users (age range: 21–93 years; mean: 60.56 years) answered a 4-item questionnaire on music listening difficulties and discussions about music in clinic. 99 audiologists (age range: 22–71 years; mean: 39.18 years) answered a 36-item questionnaire on the frequency and type of discussions, training received, and strategies for optimizing hearing aids for music. Closed and open-ended questions were included. Results: Sixty seven percent of hearing-aid users reported some degree of difficulty listening to music with hearing aids, and 58% had never discussed music in clinic. 50% of audiologists surveyed asked 1 in 5 (or fewer) patients about music and 67% had never received music-specific training. Audiologist training on music was significantly associated with confidence in providing advice, confidence in programming hearing aids for music, and programming hearing aids for music for a greater number of patients. Conclusions: Hearing-aid users' and audiologists' experiences of music remain mixed. In the absence of formalised training in optimizing hearing aids for music, there is a need for systematic research relating fitting strategies to clinical outcomes and the development of guidelines for audiologist training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE
HEARING aids
HEARING aid fitting
LISTENING
MUSIC
QUALITY of life
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SURVEYS
MATHEMATICAL variables
THEMATIC analysis
DISEASE prevalence
DATA analysis software
PATIENTS' attitudes
AUDIOLOGIST attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14992027
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145951491
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2020.1762126