Sökning: "Aural rehabilitation"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Aural rehabilitation.

  1. 1. Aural rehabilitation programs for hearing aid users : Evaluating and clinically applying educational programs, supported via telephone and/or the internet and professionally guided by an audiologist

    Författare :Milijana Malmberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aural rehabilitation; Hearing loss; Counselling; Hearing aids; Internet interventions; Randomized controlled trials; Clinical practice; Patient participation;

    Sammanfattning : Many hearing aid users experience substantial communication difficulties that may affect their participation in daily life situations negatively. This experience can be addressed using follow-up rehabilitation programs, yet the overall availability of such programs in general clinical practice (GCP) is low. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hearing problems in the elderly. Outsider and insider perspectives of presbyacusis

    Författare :Ann-Kristin Karlsson Espmark; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aged; Presbyacusis; Tinnitus; Epidemiology; ICF; Aural rehabilitation; Hearing aid; Pure-tone audiometry; Questionnaire; Psychosocial Factors; Phenomenography; Audiological rehabilitation.;

    Sammanfattning : What insight can be gained from an epidemiological perspective into factors affecting elderly people with hearing difficulties both individually and in relation to their surroundings? How is hearing impairment perceived by the elderly? How great is the need for audiological rehabilitation for elderly people with hearing impairments?Study I is a cross-sectional study within the framework of the age study H70 where a comparison was made between a) tone audiometry and self-assessments of hearing, b) tone audiometry and the prescription of hearing aids and c) self- assessments of hearing and the prescription of hearing aids. Three age cohorts were studied: 1) year of birth 1901-1902 (n=210: 133 f and 77 m), 2) year of birth 1915-16 (n=168: 94 f and 74 m) and 3) year of birth 1922-23 (n=237: 129 f and 108 m). LÄS MER