在印度的COVID-19大流行封锁期间,听力障碍患者面临的挑战 - 一项试点研究
Abhilash Ghadei1, Archita Kumari2, Suresh Thontadarya3
1TMC Fellow in Speech and Swallow Therapy, Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Tata memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
The international tinnitus journal
|March 20, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19的流行,有听力障碍的成年人面临重大挑战,特别是在获取听力学服务和助听器电池方面. 远程医疗服务已成为保持听力健康和沟通的首选解决方案.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 听力损伤 听力损伤
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,全球卫生面临前所未有的挑战,需要采取广泛的公共卫生措施.
- 这些措施,包括封锁和社交距离,扰乱了包括听力学在内的基本医疗保健服务.
- 听力障碍者在沟通和获得必要的听力学支持方面遇到了独特的困难.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查听力障碍成年人遇到的挑战.
- 确定在获得听力学服务和保持助听器功能方面存在的具体困难.
- 为听力学家提出实际解决方案,以应对这些挑战.
主要方法:
- 基于问卷的研究是使用有目的的抽样方法进行的.
- 从印度各个临床环境的成人助听器使用者收集了数据.
- 参与者包括助听器使用者,平均年龄为18岁.
主要成果:
- 大多数助听器使用者在获得听力学服务时遇到重大困难或不可能.
- 最常见的问题是难以获得助听器电池.
- 社会隔离对听力障碍患者的生活质量和有效的沟通产生了负面影响.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,严重阻碍了听力障碍的成年人获得基本的听力治疗.
- 挑战包括获得助听器电池和因旅行限制和服务关闭而参加临床预约.
- 远程听力学服务被认为是缓解这些挑战和改善患者护理的有希望的解决方案.
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