APSO Standards: Implementing Hearing Aid Needs Assessments and Measuring Related Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: The proportion of individuals who pose to benefit from the use of hearing aids is much smaller than those who adopt them. Likewise, many adults who try hearing devices abandon using them after a short period of time. Most factors related to hearing aid use are unrelated to a patient's hearing loss severity. Hearing loss treatment requires more than the provision of hearing aids as a sole intervention. Adoption rates could be improved through the implementation of evidence-based clinical protocols which maximize patients' success. Recently, the Audiology Practice Standards Organization (APSO) released evidence-based, formal standards of practice addressing hearing aid selection, fitting, and rehabilitation for adult and geriatric patients. Notably, the standards acknowledge the importance o

SUBMITTER: Arnold ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature