Abstract
A survey was made of the problem of age-related hearing impairment within a sample of National Health Service long-stay wards for elderly people. Detailed assessment of hearing was completed for 188 residents derived from 15 long-stay wards, located within nine Scottish hospitals. The sample residents were more than four times as likely to need a hearing aid as their contemporaries in the general population. Of the 131 people considered to be potential hearing aid candidates, 103 (78%) demonstrated a positive attitude towards hearing aid ownership. Medical policies on the study wards were not considered sensitive to the needs of the hearing-impaired; screening was haphazard and specialist referral problematic.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 243-245 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | British Journal of Clinical Practice |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
| Externally published | Yes |