碩士 / 國立高雄師範大學 / 特殊教育學系 / 105 / Abstract
Literature showed that hearing related professionals play an important role in helping people who were bothered by tinnitus. A self-composed 15-item questionnaire was used as a tool in this study. Subjects were hearing-related professionals (audiologists and hearing-aid dispensers). The purposes were to uncover the current status of tinnitus services, as well as the professionals’ thinking toward several issues in tinnitus services.
387 questionnaires were sent out, whereas 241 were sent back. Among them, five was invalid and 236 were valid. The return rate was 62.3%.
The results showed the following: (1) Audiologists have longer years of working than hearing-aid dispensers. (2) Close to 60% of the audiologists worked in hospitals. (3) Very low proportion of hearing-related professionals engaged in tinnitus services (audiologists 25.14% vs. hearing-aid dispensers is 14.29%). (4) A significantly higher proportion of audiologists took part in tinnitus workshops than hearing-aid dispensers (audiologists 71.58% vs. hearing-aid dispensers 24.49%). (5) More than 85% of the hearing-related professionals considered that tinnitus-related resources (books, study, certification) were insufficient. (6) More than 95% of the hearing-related professionals would like to participate in tinnitus-related workshops. (7) Close to 80% of hearing-related professionals agreed that a standardized protocol of tinnitus assessment and treatment was required in this field. (8) The self-rated scores of audiologists in their knowledge toward tinnitus assessment and treatment were significantly higher than those of hearing-aid dispensers. (9) In terms of the scope of practice in tinnitus, both audiologists and hearing-aid dispensers favored audiologists to do the practice.
Based on the results, several recommendations were made. First, hearing-related professionals need to engage in tinnitus management. They also need to enhance their knowledge and skills in tinnitus management. Second, tinnitus-related resources needs to be enriched and more workshops in tinnitus is waited to be hold. Third, audiologists need to improve their knowledge and skills in fitting hearing aids. Fourth, tinnitus related health insurance payment system needs to be modified.
Key words: tinnitus, questionnaires, tinnitus assessment, tinnitus treatment
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/105NKNU0284005 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | YANG,SHIH-HUNG, 楊世宏 |
| Contributors | CHEN,HSIAO-CHUAN, 陳小娟 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 78 |
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