ArticleBulletin of the World Health Organization2019
Hearing care across the life course provided in the community.
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- Community-based infant hearing screening: Outcomes of a rural pilot programme.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2024Article
- Mapping neonatal hearing screening services in Cape Town metro: A situational analysis.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Mobile Health Hearing Aid Acclimatization and Support Program in Low-Income Communities: Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- A situational analysis of ear and hearing care in South Korea using WHO ear and Hearing Care Situation Analysis tool.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- A Mixed Methods Study of Hearing Loss, Communication, and Social Engagement in a Group Care Setting for Older Adults.Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups · 2022Article
- Long noncoding RNA Gm44593 attenuates oxidative stress from age-related hearing loss by regulating miR-29b/WNK1.Bioengineered · 2022Article
- Early Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Experience With the Use of Telehealth to Address Disparities: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Decentralising paediatric hearing services through district healthcare screening in Western Cape province, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2021Article
- Neonatal Hearing Screening: Prevalence of Unilateral and Bilateral Hearing Loss and Associated Risk Factors.Cureus · 2021Article
- Alternative Pathways for Hearing Care May Address Disparities in Access.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Article
- Perceived Hearing Loss and Availability of Audiologists in Appalachia.Journal of Appalachian health · 2021Article
- A Community Health Worker Training Program to Deliver Accessible and Affordable Hearing Care to Older Adults.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2021Article
- eHealth Technologies Enable more Accessible Hearing Care.Seminars in hearing · 2020Review
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Abstract
Untreated hearing loss is recognized as a growing global health priority because of its prevalence and harmful effects on health and well-being. Until recently, little progress had been made in expanding hearing care beyond traditional clinic-based models to incorporate public health approaches that increase accessibility to and affordability of hearing care. As demonstrated in numerous countries and for many health conditions, sharing health-care tasks with community health workers (CHWs) offers advantages as a complementary approach to expand health-service delivery and improve public health. This paper explores the possibilities of task shifting to provide hearing care across the life course by reviewing several ongoing projects in a variety of settings - Bangladesh, India, South Africa and the United States of America. The selected programmes train CHWs to provide a range of hearing-care services, from childhood hearing screening to management of age-related hearing loss. We discuss lessons learnt from these examples to inform best practices for task shifting within community-delivered hearing care. Preliminary evidence supports the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of hearing care delivered by CHWs in these varied settings. To make further progress, community-delivered hearing care must build on established models of CHWs and ensure adequate training and supervision, delineation of the scope of practice, supportive local and national legislation, incorporation of appropriate technology and analysis of programme costs and cost-effectiveness. In view of the growing evidence, community-delivered hearing care may now be a way forward to improve hearing health equity.
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