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A System for accelerated provision of hearing aids to residents of homes for the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. J. Hart ,
M. G. Jones ,
D. Robertshaw  and
L. M. Flood
J. J. Hart
Affiliation:
(Middlesbrough)
M. G. Jones
Affiliation:
(Middlesbrough)
D. Robertshaw
Affiliation:
(Middlesbrough)
L. M. Flood*
Affiliation:
(Middlesbrough)
*
L. M. Flood, North Riding Infirmary, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS1 5JE.
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Abstract

A study was undertaken to detect undiagnosed deafness in elderly people, living in Part III Residential Homes in North Tees, South Tees and Hartlepool Health Districts, to provide hearing aids and to estimate the subsequent success in rehabilitation. The residents were referred by the senior staff in the homes and assessed by a doctor and audiology technician in a domiciliary setting. Those found to have a significant hearing impairment were prescribed hearing aids without formal pure tone audiometry. A pilot study compared the method of hearing evaluation employed with such conventional testing.

Six months after fitting, the degree of compliance with aiding was assessed. The results show a significant level of undiagnosed deafness in the community and, with this method of provision, an acceptance rate of 41.2 per cent of those recommended for aiding at six months which is higher than suggested by previous similar studies of this population.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 5 , May 1989 , pp. 485 - 488
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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