Objective: This study investigated the perspectives of adults with hearing impairment on hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation. Design: Individual semi-structured interviews were completed. Study sample: In total, 34 adults with hearing impairment in four countries (Australia, Denmark, UK, and USA) participated. Participants had a range of experience with hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation, from never having sought help to being satisfied hearing-aid users. Results: Qualitative content analysis identified four main categories (perceiving my hearing impairment, seeking hearing help, using my hearing aids, and perspectives and knowledge) and, at the next level, 25 categories. This article reports on the densest categories: they are described, exemplified with interview quotes, and discussed. Conclusions: People largely described hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation in the context of their daily lives. Adults with hearing impairment rarely described clinical encounters towards hearing help-seeking and rehabilitation as a connected process. They portrayed interactions with clinicians as isolated events rather than chronologically-ordered steps relating to a common goal. Clinical implications of the findings are discussed. / <p>Funding Agencies|University of Queensland Graduate School||</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-74841 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Laplante-Levesque, Ariane, Knudsen, Line V, Preminger, Jill E, Jones, Lesley, Nielsen, Claus, Öberg, Marie, Lunner, Thomas, Hickson, Louise, Naylor, Graham, Kramer, Sophia E |
| Publisher | Linköpings universitet, Teknisk audiologi, Linköpings universitet, Hälsouniversitetet, Östergötlands Läns Landsting, Öron- näsa- och halskliniken US, Linköpings universitet, Teknisk audiologi, Linköpings universitet, Hälsouniversitetet, Oticon AS, Denmark, Oticon AS, Denmark, University of Louisville, University of York, Oticon AS, Denmark, University of Queensland, Oticon AS, Denmark, Vrije University of Amsterdam Medical Centre, Informa Healthcare |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article in journal, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | International Journal of Audiology, 1499-2027, 2012, 51:2, s. 93-102 |
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