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Factors Influencing Hearing Help-Seeking and Hearing Aid Uptake in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Past Decade.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Hearing Devices for Adults With Mild-to-Severe Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2026Pooled it
- Feasibility, efficacy and effectiveness of community health worker-facilitated hearing aid provision: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and enablers to general practitioner referral of older adults to hearing care: a systematic review using the theoretical domains framework.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Usability and Performance of Self-Fitting Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2025Trial
- Outcomes of a Large-Scale Pilot Hearing Screening Program at an Academic Medical Center.American journal of medicine open · 2026Article
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- Hearing aid effectiveness and probable dementia risk across 33 countries: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Article
- Characteristics of Older Adults Seeking Hearing Aids for the First Time and Initial Fitting Parameters in Mainland China.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Hearing-related adaptive strategies : Development and initial validation of the AStra scale.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2026Article
- Marketing Practices and Information Quality for Over-the-counter (OTC) Hearing Aids on Amazon.com.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026Article
- Economic evaluation of hearing aid use and quality of life in older adults with hearing impairment in India.Frontiers in medical technology · 2026Article
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- Number Of States Providing Medicaid Hearing Aid Coverage For Adults Increased; Variability Was Substantive, 2017-23.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
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- Factors Related to Compliance with Recommendations for Hearing Aid Counseling: A Pilot Study.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Disability, Quality of Life and Hearing Function in Patients With Untreated Otosclerosis.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Associations between objective hearing function and subjective views of aging.European journal of ageing · 2025Article
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- Is There Incremental Benefit with Incremental Hearing Device Technology for Adults with Hearing Loss?Audiology research · 2025Article
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Abstract
This systematic review examined the audiological and nonaudiological factors that influence hearing help-seeking and hearing aid uptake in adults with hearing loss based on the literature published during the last decade. Peer-reviewed articles published between January 2011 and February 2022 were identified through systematic searches in electronic databases CINAHL, PsycINFO, and MEDLINE. The review was conducted and reported according to the PRISMA protocol. Forty-two articles met the inclusion criteria. Seventy (42 audiological and 28 nonaudiological) hearing help-seeking factors and 159 (93 audiological and 66 nonaudiological) hearing aid uptake factors were investigated with many factors reported only once (10/70 and 62/159, respectively). Hearing aid uptake had some strong predictors (e.g., hearing sensitivity) with others showing conflicting results (e.g., self-reported health). Hearing help-seeking had clear nonpredictive factors (e.g., education) and conflicting factors (e.g., self-reported health). New factors included cognitive anxiety associated with increased help-seeking and hearing aid uptake and urban residency and access to financial support with hearing aid uptake. Most studies were rated as having a low level of evidence (67%) and fair quality (86%). Effective promotion of hearing help-seeking requires more research evidence. Investigating factors with conflicting results and limited evidence is important to clarify what factors support help-seeking and hearing aid uptake in adults with hearing loss. These findings can inform future research and hearing health promotion and rehabilitation practices.
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