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Prescription of hearing aids for the elderly: The views of general practitioners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

V. E. Newton ,
V. F. Hillier  and
S. D. G. Stephens
V. E. Newton*
Affiliation:
Centre for Audiology, Education of the Deaf and Speech PathologyUniversity of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL.
V. F. Hillier
Affiliation:
Centre for Audiology, the Computational Group, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL.
S. D. G. Stephens
Affiliation:
Welsh Hearing Institute, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF4 4XW.
*
Centre for Audiology, Education of the Deaf and Speech Pathology, School of Education, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
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Abstract

A questionnaire survey was carried out to examine the views of general practitioners in one Northern city regarding whether or not they thought that hearing aids should be prescribed from general practice, who they thought should prescribe them and whether or not additional resources and training would be needed if the responsibility for hearing aid prescription for the elderly was placed upon general practitioners.

The survey indicated that whereas many general practitioners would be in favour of prescribing hearing aids from Health Centres, many would need extra training and resources to enable them to do so.

Keywords

Hearing aidsPhysicianfamilyHealth services for the aged

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 106 , Issue 11 , November 1992 , pp. 963 - 966
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1992

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