Background: When people with health conditions begin to manage their health issues, one
important issue that emerges is the question as to what exactly do they do with the …

Purpose The current study was aimed at understanding the benefits and shortcomings of
direct-to-consumer hearing devices (DCHDs) by analyzing the large text corpus of …

Objective To explore the publicised opinions of consumers actively participating in online
hearing aid reviews. Design A retrospective design examining data generated from an …

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 …

Background: Genetic sequencing is critically important to diagnostic health care efforts in the
United States today, yet it is still inaccessible to many. Meanwhile, the internet and social …

Disability and Social Representations Theory provides theoretical and methodological
knowledge to uncover the public perception of disabilities. Over the last decade there has …

Purpose News media plays an important role in formulating people's knowledge and
opinions about various aspects of life, including health. The current study explored how …