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Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study
OBJECTIVES: Hearing aid usage supports communication and independence; however, many do not use their hearing aids. This study explored the experiences of hearing aid use in adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. METHODS: Participants completed semi-structured interviews which...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32166027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120904572 |
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author | Gregory, Sarah Billings, Jo Wilson, Danielle Livingston, Gill Schilder, Anne GM Costafreda, Sergi G |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Hearing aid usage supports communication and independence; however, many do not use their hearing aids. This study explored the experiences of hearing aid use in adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. METHODS: Participants completed semi-structured interviews which were analysed using thematic analysis. Ten people (six males, age range 75–86 years old) with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease who had been fitted with hearing aids were recruited to the study. RESULTS: We identified four major themes: (1) memory and other cognitive barriers to using hearing aids, (2) practical aspects of hearing aids, (3) benefits of hearing aids, and (4) ambivalence towards hearing aids. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived a significant impact of cognitive impairment on the experience of using hearing aids. This population may benefit from targeted strategies to support use of hearing aids. The findings from this study can inform future research to optimise use of hearing aids in this population. |
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spelling | pubmed-70547312020-03-12 Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study Gregory, Sarah Billings, Jo Wilson, Danielle Livingston, Gill Schilder, Anne GM Costafreda, Sergi G SAGE Open Med Original Article OBJECTIVES: Hearing aid usage supports communication and independence; however, many do not use their hearing aids. This study explored the experiences of hearing aid use in adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. METHODS: Participants completed semi-structured interviews which were analysed using thematic analysis. Ten people (six males, age range 75–86 years old) with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease who had been fitted with hearing aids were recruited to the study. RESULTS: We identified four major themes: (1) memory and other cognitive barriers to using hearing aids, (2) practical aspects of hearing aids, (3) benefits of hearing aids, and (4) ambivalence towards hearing aids. CONCLUSIONS: Participants perceived a significant impact of cognitive impairment on the experience of using hearing aids. This population may benefit from targeted strategies to support use of hearing aids. The findings from this study can inform future research to optimise use of hearing aids in this population. SAGE Publications 2020-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7054731/ /pubmed/32166027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120904572 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Gregory, Sarah Billings, Jo Wilson, Danielle Livingston, Gill Schilder, Anne GM Costafreda, Sergi G Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title | Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title_full | Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title_short | Experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and Alzheimer’s disease dementia: A qualitative study |
title_sort | experiences of hearing aid use among patients with mild cognitive
impairment and alzheimer’s disease dementia: a qualitative study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7054731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32166027 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120904572 |
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