| Titre : | Unmet Hearing Health Care Needs : The Beaver Dam Offspring Study. (2013) |
| Auteurs : | Scott-D NASH ; Karen-J CRUICKSHANKS ; HUANG (Guan-Hua) : TWN. Institute of Statistics. National Chiao Tung University. Hsinchu. ; Barbara-Ek Klein ; Ronald Klein ; Fjavier NIETO ; TWEED (Theodore-S) : USA. Department of Communicative Disorders. University of Wisconsin. Madison. ; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. USA ; Department of Population Health Sciences. University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Madison. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 103, n° 6, 2013) |
| Pagination : | 1134-1139 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Ouïe ; Soins ; Besoin ; Barrage ; Famille descendante |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS rk89nR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We evaluated the use of hearing health care services (hearing testing and hearing aids) by adults aged 21 to 84 years. Methods. Hearing was tested and medical and hearing health histories were obtained as part of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study between 2005 and 2008 (n=3285, mean age=49 years). Results. Of the cohort, 34% (55% of participants aged>=70 years) had a hearing test in the past 5 years. In multivariate modeling, older age, male gender, occupation, occupational noise, and having talked with a doctor about a hearing problem were independently associated with having had a hearing test in the past 5 years. Hearing aid use was low among participants with a moderate to severe hearing impairment (22.5%) and among participants with a hearing handicap (8.6%), as determined by the Hearing Handicap Inventory. Conclusions. Data support the need for improvement in hearing health care. Hearing aids'effectiveness is limited if patients do not acquire them or do not use them once acquired. Future research should focus on developing effective strategies for moving patients from diagnosis to treatment. |
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