Greasley, A orcid.org/0000-0001-6262-2655, Crook, H and Fulford, R (2020) Music listening and hearing aids: perspectives from audiologists and their patients. International Journal of Audiology, 59 (9). pp. 694-706. ISSN 1499-2027
Abstract
Objective: Two studies explored hearing-aid user and audiologist experiences of hearing-aid use and fitting for music in the UK.
Design and sample: One-hundred-seventy-six hearing-aid users (age range: 21–93 years; mean: 60.56 years) answered a 4-item questionnaire on music listening difficulties and discussions about music in clinic. 99 audiologists (age range: 22–71 years; mean: 39.18 years) answered a 36-item questionnaire on the frequency and type of discussions, training received, and strategies for optimizing hearing aids for music. Closed and open-ended questions were included.
Results: Sixty seven percent of hearing-aid users reported some degree of difficulty listening to music with hearing aids, and 58% had never discussed music in clinic. 50% of audiologists surveyed asked 1 in 5 (or fewer) patients about music and 67% had never received music-specific training. Audiologist training on music was significantly associated with confidence in providing advice, confidence in programming hearing aids for music, and programming hearing aids for music for a greater number of patients.
Conclusions: Hearing-aid users’ and audiologists’ experiences of music remain mixed. In the absence of formalised training in optimizing hearing aids for music, there is a need for systematic research relating fitting strategies to clinical outcomes and the development of guidelines for audiologist training.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor &Francis Group on behalf of British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Hearing impairments, hearing aids, music listening, audiology training, clinical practice, fitting procedures, music programs |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Music (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC (Arts & Humanities Research Council) AH/M00368X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 May 2020 12:33 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14992027.2020.1762126 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160145 |