Method A randomized controlled trial with at least 17 participants per group was completed.
The 3 treatment groups included a communication strategies training group, a …

The purpose of this review is to describe the psychosocial effects of hearing loss, review the
literature that has attempted to measure the psychosocial benefits of group audiologic …

This article provides a critique of the concept of reflexivity in social theory today and argues
against the tendency to define agency exclusively in terms of reflexivity. M argaret A rcher, in …

Purpose The objective of this pilot study was to investigate the health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) of children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL). Method The study was conducted in …

The study investigated the mental health and other characteristics of people with acquired
profound hearing loss (APHL) and contrasted this group with acquired hearing loss (AHL) in …

This article reports a study exploring what older people believe would enable them to adjust
to and gain maximum benefit from wearing a hearing aid. A mixed methods approach was …

The study examined the impact of acquired profound hearing loss (APHL) on the
relationship between the hearing impaired person and their normally hearing close family …

Objectives: The goals of this investigation were to gauge how hearing loss affects the self-
perceived job performance and psycho-emotional status of professionals in the workforce …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify hearing aid owners' and clinicians' opinions
of the knowledge, skills, and tasks required for hearing aid management and the importance …

There are a number of health conditions that are stigmatized. For many of these health
conditions, including hearing loss, there are treatment programs that have been shown to be …