Explanations for the Non-use of Hearing Aids in a Group of Older Adults. A Qualitative Study

Factors Affecting Hearing Aid Adoption and Use: A Qualitative Study

“…Therefore, the findings may not be transferable outside these participants, and experiences in different countries will vary, in particular, where hearing aids are not provided free of charge. However, as already stated, similar findings to ours have been reported in the literature previously, which have covered a wide range of countries (Popelka et al, 1998;Dalton et al, 2003;Bertoli et al, 2009;Gopinath et al, 2011;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014;Ng and Loke, 2015).…”

“…There have been a small number of previous qualitative studies that have examined people's experiences with hearing loss and hearing aids (Carson, 2005;Lockey et al, 2010;Laplante-Lévesque et al, 2012Kelly et al, 2013;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014). Only one study has previously categorized specific groups of people with hearing loss, according to their hearing aid use, to compare and contrast their experience and attitudes toward hearing loss and hearing aids.…”

“…Similar findings to ours have been reported previously in the literature. Being older and having more severe hearing loss has previously been found to be associated with hearing aid adoption and use (Popelka et al, 1998;Dalton et al, 2003;Bertoli et al, 2009;Gopinath et al, 2011;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014;Ng and Loke, 2015). This suggests that hearing loss needs to reach a certain threshold, such as when it interferes with daily activities, for people to adopt and regularly use hearing aids.…”

“…Extensive qualitative research has explored factors associated with hearing aid adoption and use. Many factors have been linked with low hearing aid adoption and use, including younger age (Popelka et al, 1998;Gopinath et al, 2011), low severity of hearing loss (Popelka et al, 1998;Jenstad and Moon, 2011;Meyer and Hickson, 2012;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014), discouragement from significant others (Fischer et al, 2011;Gopinath et al, 2011), disappointment with hearing aids (Laplante-Lévesque et al, 2013;Linssen et al, 2013), difficulty in using hearing aids (Desjardins and Doherty, 2009;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014), not enough support or information (Solheim et al, 2012;Laplante-Lévesque et al, 2013;Lane and Clark, 2016), vanity or stigma (Wallhagen, 2010;Jenstad and Moon, 2011;David and Werner, 2016), cost (Lupsakko et al, 2005;Fischer et al, 2011;Gopinath et al, 2011), and fear of technology (Meyer and Hickson, 2012;Guerra-Zúñ iga et al, 2014). Several systematic reviews on the issue of low hearing aid adoption and use also exist; however, findings on what determines successful hearing aid adoption and use have varied considerably (Knudsen et al, 2010;Jenstad and Moon, 2011;Ng and Loke, 2015).…”

Problemas de la audición en el adulto mayor, factores asociados y calidad de vida: Estudio SABE Bogotá, Colombia

“…En este estudio se encontró que, en general, la mayoría de las personas con alteraciones auditivas tenía una peor percepción de su salud y que, asimismo, su percepción de la calidad de vida era significativamente peor que la de aquellas personas que no refirieron problemas auditivos; sin embargo, este deterioro de la calidad de vida desaparecía casi por completo en las personas que utilizaban audífonos, lo que demuestra claramente la utilidad y el beneficio en cuanto a la mejoría de la calidad de vida de quienes los usaban (26,27). Estos hallazgos confirman la importancia del uso de audífonos en adultos mayores con compromiso auditivo.…”