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Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test
Dissertation (MA (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/97486 Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test Swanepoel, De Wet dannyschonborn11@gmail.com De Sousa, Karina Mahomed-Asmail, Faheema Schönborn, Danielle UCTD Digits-in-noise (DIN) Stage of change Staging algorithm Speech-to-noise ratio Online hearing screening Transtheoretical model Dissertation (MA (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2019. A digits-in-noise test was launched as the smartphone hearing screening of South Africa (hearZA™) in 2016. This study investigated characteristics, help-seeking behaviour, and follow-up actions of individuals who failed the hearing screening, considering their stage of behavioural change. The study had two phases; phase one was a retrospective, cross-sectional intervention readiness (stage of change) analysis of 3092 listeners who failed the test. Phase two was a prospective survey of 59 participants to investigate follow-up actions after a failed test. In the retrospective study, the majority of listeners were in the precontemplation stage (75.5%), while the remaining were in contemplation (9.7%), preparation (8.2%), and action (6.6%) stages. Age and stage of change were significant predictors of the digits-in-noise speech recognition threshold (DIN SRT) (p < .05). SRTs deteriorated significantly (p < .05) with increasing age, and listeners in the precontemplation stage were significantly younger than in other stages (p < .05). In the prospective study, 1007 potential participants were contacted through electronic mail or short message services to complete the survey; however, only 59 did so. Of those, most (82.4%) did not think they have a hearing loss. Only, 13.6% followed up with an audiologist. Older individuals presented with poorer DIN SRTs and were in a more advanced stage of change. The majority that did not follow up after failing the screening test did not believe they had a hearing problem. A combination of factors, including poor DIN SRT, older age, and more advanced stage of change predisposed participants to follow up with audiological care. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MA (Audiology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2024-08-07T09:22:26Z 2024-08-07T09:22:26Z 2020-05 2019-11 Dissertation * A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97486 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Digits-in-noise (DIN) Stage of change Staging algorithm Speech-to-noise ratio Online hearing screening Transtheoretical model Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title | Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title_full | Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title_short | Characteristics and help-seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| title_sort | characteristics and help seeking behaviour of persons failing a national hearing screening test |
| topic | UCTD Digits-in-noise (DIN) Stage of change Staging algorithm Speech-to-noise ratio Online hearing screening Transtheoretical model |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97486 |