ArticleFrontiers in public health2016
Addressing Hearing Health Care Disparities among Older Adults in a US-Mexico Border Community.
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- A qualitative systematic review of the impact of hearing on quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Characteristics of Hearing Aid Use in Adolescents Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2025Article
- An Assessment of Hearing Health Care Needs in Rural West Central and South Alabama.American journal of audiology · 2023Article
- Core Values in the Traditional Provision of Hearing Health Care.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2023Article
- Hearing health care access for adult cochlear implant candidates and recipients: Travel time and socioeconomic status.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Combined hearing and vision screening programs: A scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Implementation Science: Increasing the Public Health Impact of Audiology Research.American journal of audiology · 2022Review
- Audiology, Medicine, and Pharmacy Interprofessional Preliminary Interviews and Discussions: Improving Hearing Health Care in Rural Alabama.American journal of audiology · 2022Article
- Masked-Speech Recognition for Linguistically Diverse Populations: A Focused Review and Suggestions for the Future.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2022Review
- Feasibility of community health workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: a multilevel training study.International journal of audiology · 2021Article
- Hearing care across the life course provided in the community.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2019Article
- Qualitative research methods to investigate communication within a group aural rehabilitation intervention.International journal of audiology · 2019Article
- Translating Public Health Practices: Community-Based Approaches for Addressing Hearing Health Care Disparities.Seminars in hearing · 2019Review
- The role of community health workers in addressing the global burden of ear disease and hearing loss: a systematic scoping review of the literature.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Geographic Distribution of the Hearing Aid Dispensing Workforce: A Teleaudiology Planning Assessment for Arizona.American journal of audiology · 2018Article
- Interventional Audiology to Address Hearing Health Care Disparities:Seminars in hearing · 2017Review
- Foundational Approaches to Advancing Hearing Health Equity: A Primer in Social Epidemiology.Ear and hearingReview
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unlabelledHearing loss is associated with cognitive decline and impairment in daily living activities. Access to hearing health care has broad implications for healthy aging of the U.S. POPULATION: This qualitative study investigated factors related to the socio-ecological domains of hearing health in a U.S.-Mexico border community experiencing disparities in access to care. A multidisciplinary research team partnered with community health workers (CHWs) from a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in designing the study. CHWs conducted interviews with people with hearing loss (n = 20) and focus groups with their family/friends (n = 27) and with members of the community-at-large (n = 47). The research team conducted interviews with FQHC providers and staff (n = 12). Individuals experienced depression, sadness, and social isolation, as well as frustration and even anger regarding communication. Family members experienced negative impacts of deteriorating communication, but expressed few coping strategies. There was general agreement across data sources that hearing loss was not routinely addressed within primary care and assistive hearing technology was generally unaffordable. Community members described stigma related to hearing loss and a need for greater access to hearing health care and broader community education. Findings confirm the causal sequence of hearing impairment on quality of life aggravated by socioeconomic conditions and lack of access to hearing health care. Hearing loss requires a comprehensive and innovative public health response across the socio-ecological framework that includes both individual communication intervention and greater access to hearing health resources. CHWs can be effective in tailoring intervention strategies to community characteristics.
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