Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss: A comparative pilot study

Havenga, Estienne; Swanepoel, De Wet; Roux, Talita le; Schmid, Brenda

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“…Some of the professionals in this study had a dilemma of being more confident and comfortable with in-person services but seeing the potential benefits of eHealth with respect to time, expense, and travel. Consistent with the literature (Havenga, Swanepoel, le Roux, & Schmid, 2017;McCarthy et al, 2010;Moffatt & Eley, 2010), both families and professionals in the current study expressed their strong motivations and beliefs that eHealth saves families' time, expense, and travel. This belief enhances the motivation for using the eHealth.…”

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“…This belief enhances the motivation for using the eHealth. Havenga et al (2017) also recently explored the perspectives of families of children with HL who had experience of 16 to 61 months face-to-face intervention prior to the study. The researchers provided the intervention sessions by videoconferencing (Skype) and interviewed the families.…”

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“…Researchers have suggested that service providers must make sure families have access to a sufficient bandwidth prior to commencing an eHealth service (Simpson, 2013). This preparation is essential in order to avoid challenges during videoconferencing and the subsequent dissatisfaction of families with eHealth interventions (Blaiser, Behl, Callow-Heusser, & White, 2013) that could lead to failure of the intervention in the longer term (Blaiser et al, 2013;Havenga et al, 2017).…”

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Supporting families of children with hearing loss transitioning to early intervention

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Family-centred care (FCC) has long been acknowledged as best practice for meeting the needs of families of children with hearing loss (HL) and improving early intervention (EI) outcomes. Although the literature has reported some gaps in service provision to families of children with HL, and the period from the time of diagnosis to enrolment in EI has been identified as a significant decision-making period, there is a lack of in-depth knowledge regarding families' needs during this period. In addition, no study has addressed the current gaps in FCC for children with HL with or without additional disabilities transitioning to EI. Therefore, the overarching aim of this thesis was to develop a family-centred intervention to support families of children with HL transitioning to EI, using an implementation science approach. The specific aims of this thesis were: (1) to explore families' needs in the transition to EI after diagnosis of HL from both families' and professionals' perspectives; (2) to investigate families' and professionals' perspectives on the provision of FCC in the transition to EI; and (3) to develop a family-centred intervention for children with HL-with or without additional disabilities-transitioning to EI. Chapter 2 describes the overarching framework applied throughout this thesis, the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW). The BCW is a step-by-step guide for planning interventions that involves three tasks, including (a) understanding the behaviour that needs to be changed (Chapters 3 and 4), (b) identifying intervention options (Chapter 5), and (c) identifying implementation options and content of the intervention (Chapter 6). Chapter 3 explored families' needs in the transition to EI using a qualitative approach incorporating semi-structured interviews with families and professionals. Four major themes were identified from the interviews: (1) families require information that meet their specific xi Financial support This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. The authors acknowledge the financial support of the HEARing CRC, established under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program. The CRC Program supports industry-led collaborations between industry, researchers and the community.

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Supporting families of children with hearing loss transitioning to early intervention

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“…1 Each year, approximately 798,000 new borns are diagnosed with congenital permanent hearing loss, and over 90% of these children reside in developing countries. 1,2,[5][6][7][8][9][10] In addition to permanent hearing loss, otitis media (OM) is one of the most common pathological conditions in childhood. Approximately 80% of children suffer at least one episode of transient hearing loss annually due to OM.…”

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“…22,23 Despite the abundant evidence for the negative consequences of hearing loss in children, many developing countries lack well-established screening programmes 24 because of a lack of hearing health services and an unequal distribution of specialists. 3,10,[25][26][27][28] As a rule, a diagnosis of hearing loss is based on a conventional audiological evaluation, including puretone audiometry, which is considered the gold standard for determining hearing thresholds. 3,29,30 Audiometry is usually performed with a standard nonportable clinical audiometer, which could thus represent a limitation on access to hearing evaluations.…”

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Tablet-based tele-audiometry: Automated hearing screening for schoolchildren

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Introduction To assess the performance of a tablet-based tele-audiometry method for automated hearing screening of schoolchildren through a comparison of the results of various hearing screening approaches. Methods A total of 244 children were evaluated. Tablet-based screening results were compared with gold-standard pure-tone audiometry. Acoustic immittance measurements were also conducted. To pass the tablet-based screening, the children were required to respond to at least two out of three sounds for all the frequencies in each ear. Several hearing screening methods were analysed: exclusively tablet-based (with and without 500 Hz checked) and combined tests (series and parallel). The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and accuracy were calculated. Results A total of 9.43% of children presented with mild to moderate conductive hearing loss (unilateral or bilateral). Diagnostic values varied among the different hearing screening approaches that were evaluated: sensitivities ranged from 60 to 95%, specificities ranged from 44 to 91%, positive predictive values ranged from 15 to 44%, negative predictive values ranged from 95 to 99%, accuracy values ranged from 49 to 88%, and area under curve values ranged from 0.690 to 0.883. Regarding diagnostic values, the highest results were found for the tablet-based screening method and for the series approach. Discussion Compared with the results obtained by conventional audiometry and considering the diagnostic values of the different hearing screening approaches, the highest diagnostic values were generally obtained using the automated hearing screening method (including 500 Hz). Thus, this application, which was developed for the tablet computer, was shown to be a valuable hearing screening tool for use with schoolchildren. Therefore, we suggest that this hearing screening protocol has the potential to improve asynchronous tele-audiology service delivery.

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Accessing hearing‐health services for deaf and hard‐of‐hearing children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Parent and child perspectives

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Weerasuriya

Gillespie

et al. 2022

Aust J Social Issues

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To describe hearing‐health service use, especially use of telehealth, during the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic in deaf/hard‐of‐hearing children. In 2020, the Victorian Childhood Hearing Longitudinal Databank surveyed 497 (61.6%) families of deaf/hard‐of‐hearing children aged 0.4–19.6 years, with 449 (90.3%) providing quantitative data and 336 (67.6%) providing free‐text comments about COVID‐19's impact on service use and access. We summarised quantitative data using descriptive statistics and analysed free‐text responses using inductive and deductive reasoning. Of the 1152 services families used during the pandemic, 711 (62%) were accessed via telehealth. Parents reported several challenges and facilitators of service access during the pandemic, particularly regarding telehealth. Parents reported that their child found telehealth appointments more difficult (347/665, 52.1%) and of worse quality (363/649, 55.9%) compared to in‐person. These difficulties were more evident in pre‐school than school‐age children. Consideration of these factors when implementing telehealth practice beyond the pandemic would improve family experiences, ensuring quality of care.

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Tele-intervention for children with hearing loss: A comparative pilot study

Abstract: Introduction: This pilot study compared tele-intervention to conventional

Cited by 41 publications

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Supporting families of children with hearing loss transitioning to early intervention

Supporting families of children with hearing loss transitioning to early intervention

Tablet-based tele-audiometry: Automated hearing screening for schoolchildren

Accessing hearing‐health services for deaf and hard‐of‐hearing children during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Parent and child perspectives

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