Paediatric hearing aid management: a demonstration project for using virtual visits to enhance parent support.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the use of virtual visits to monitor hearing aid use with data logging measurements and provide parent support for hearing aid management. Design: A 6-month longitudinal case study design was used. Study sample: Four families and two providers part...
| Published in: | International Journal of Audiology Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 77 - 85 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2017
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=120787390&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 120787390 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14992027 JW2 jtl: International Journal of Audiology issn: 14992027 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2017 vid: 56 iid: 2 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 120787390 120787390 120787390 10.1080/14992027.2016.1226521 120787390 ppf: 77 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Paediatric hearing aid management: a demonstration project for using virtual visits to enhance parent support. aug: au: Muñoz, Karen Kibbe, Kristin Preston, Elizabeth Caballero, Ana Nelson, Lauri White, Karl Twohig, Michael affil: Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA sug: subj: Telemedicine Hearing Aids Utilization Parents Data Management Professional-Patient Relations Demography Attitude Measures Audiologists Consumer Satisfaction Consumer Attitudes Prospective Studies Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Infant Child, Preschool Child Female Male Human Funding Source Infant: 1-23 months Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Female Male ab: Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the use of virtual visits to monitor hearing aid use with data logging measurements and provide parent support for hearing aid management. Design: A 6-month longitudinal case study design was used. Study sample: Four families and two providers participated. Results: Average hours of daily hearing aid use increased 3.5 h from the beginning to the end of the study period. Prior to receiving virtual visits, the parents and the clinicians generally indicated they were hopeful about the benefits of virtual visits including the frequency and convenience of the appointments but had some concerns about technical difficulties. These concerns diminished at the conclusion of the study. Conclusion: Virtual visits provided benefits to families including flexibility and timely access to support. The ability to collect data logging information more frequently was important for effective problem-solving to increase hearing aid use. Both parents and clinicians were accepting of tele-support. Parents and professionals would benefit from technology that allows them to access data logging information more easily and frequently. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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