The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and
Health (ICF) is widely used in disability and health sectors as a framework to describe the far …

Communication during clinical consultations is an important factor that facilitates decision-
making by patients and family members. For clinicians, these interactions are opportunities …

Objective To explore experienced hearing aid users' perspectives of audiological
assessments and the patient–audiologist communication dynamic during clinical …

The authors propose an audiologic treatment shift from a site-of-lesion focus to a family-
centered care perspective as a means of increasing the value of our services and the uptake …

Despite a high prevalence of age-related hearing loss in older people, there is an
unexplained low level of hearing aid adoption and use. Further research is required to …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine experiences of hearing health care services
as described in online consumer reviews. Design This study used a cross-sectional design …

Objectives There has been a substantial increase in people with health conditions seeking
health-related information online. The aim of this study was to examine the media usage by …

Introduction:: Upon arrival into a health institution, a deaf person is exposed to a higher
stress level. They are at risk of receiving inadequate health care and health-related …

Objective While targeted rehabilitation can enhance hearing aid self-efficacy (HASE), little
research has been done to determine the factors contributing to its predictive value. By …

Purpose The study examined psychologically meaningful language dimensions (ie, social
and emotional dimensions, health dimensions, and personal concerns) within online …