The relationship between participation in a hearing aid orientation program and the need for walk-in hearing aid clinic services

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dc.contributor.advisorEmanuel, Diana C.
dc.contributor.authorWrabel, Shannon Catherine
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology and Deaf Studies
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-17T19:37:10Z
dc.date.available2015-12-17T19:37:10Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-22
dc.date.submitted2005-01
dc.description(Au.D.) -- Towson University, 2005. Thesis approval page signed by thesis committee members and the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Research included in print copy of thesis.
dc.description.abstractOne of the anticipated outcomes of the Hearing Aid Orientation Program (HOP) at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Baltimore, Maryland was a reduction in the number of hearing aid walk-in clinic visits. This study was conducted to evaluate if there was a difference in the number of walk-in clinic visits between 30 veterans who opted to attend a HOP and 30 veterans who chose not to attend. The data were analyzed for differences between the HOP and non-HOP groups, for reasons the patients went to walk-in clinic, and for other factors that may have affected the number of walk-in hearing aid clinic visits. No statistically significant difference was found between the number of walk-in clinic visits for HOP and non-HOP veterans. There was a statistically significant difference in the number of walk-in clinic visits between patients who paid for hearing aids and those who received free hearing aids.
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dc.genretheses
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M20134
dc.identifier.otherTF2004Wrabel
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/2110
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subject.lcshHearing aids -- Fitting
dc.subject.lcshHearing impaired -- Counseling of
dc.titleThe relationship between participation in a hearing aid orientation program and the need for walk-in hearing aid clinic services
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