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Factors Associated with Hearing Aid Adoption

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1.  The use of hearing aids has been found to result in which of the following?
  1. Improved quality of life
  2. Decreased psychological effects of hearing loss
  3. Decreased socio-emotional effects of hearing loss
  4. All of the above
2.  What is one factor that positively correlates with hearing aid uptake?
  1. Self-reported hearing disability
  2. Hearing loss severity
  3. Binaural versus monaural hearing loss
  4. The audiogram results
3.  What is perception?
  1. What we think
  2. What we feel
  3. A & B
  4. A standard response
4.  Why do we study social relationships in hearing care?
  1. People don't make a difference
  2. It helps bolster hearing aid sales
  3. Social relationships have no impact on hearing aid success
  4. Clinical outcomes improve markedly by considering significant others during the rehabilitation process
5.  The availability of social support was found to be the best predictor of hearing aid satisfaction, outperforming other known predictors of hearing aid satisfaction such as:
  1. Reported benefit from hearing aids
  2. Personality
  3. Style of hearing aid
  4. All of the above

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