PMID: 2107929Feb 24, 1990Paper

Hearing disability in people aged 50-65: effectiveness and acceptability of rehabilitative intervention

BMJ : British Medical Journal
S D StephensA Davis

Abstract

To determine the best means of detecting hearing disability in subjects aged 50-65 and whether rehabilitative intervention is acceptable in this age group. Questionnaire survey of patients on general practice age-sex registers. Two types of questionnaire were used, one being based on the closed set approach of the Institute of Hearing Research questionnaire, which had been used in a pilot study, and the other being a simplified version of this questionnaire developed by the Welsh Hearing Institute and based on open set questions. Questionnaires were sent up to three times, and any patients who had not responded two months after the last posting were personally contacted. Two general practices in Glyncorrwg and Blaengwynfi in the Afan valley, West Glamorgan. 271 Patients in Glyncorrwg (136 men, 135 women) and 333 patients in Blaengwynfi (173 men, 160 women) aged 50-65. All patients indicating hearing disability in answering the questionnaires were invited to attend for a evaluative session in their village. After audiometric testing advice and arrangements for fitting a hearing aid were offered as appropriate. Response rates and prevalence of hearing disability before intervention and of possession of hearing aids before and aft...Continue Reading

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Feb 28, 1991·Hospital Practice·C D Mulrow
Nov 1, 1992·The Journal of Laryngology and Otology·V E NewtonS D Stephens
Oct 3, 2012·Journal of Public Health·A E MorrisD Turner
Aug 31, 2002·BMJ : British Medical Journal·Ioanis GianopoulosAdrian Davis
Aug 30, 2000·Postgraduate Medical Journal·L Fook, R Morgan
Jan 1, 1991·Acta Oto-laryngologica·S D StephensR Meredith
Feb 21, 2004·International Journal of Audiology·Mitsuharu OkamotoKozo Tatara
Mar 13, 2015·International Journal of Audiology·Fei ZhaoRobin Goodwin
Dec 13, 2002·International Journal of Audiology·Ioanis Gianopoulos, Dafydd Stephens
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Jan 1, 1993·Scandinavian Audiology·R Meredith, D Stephens
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