Community-based adult hearing care provided by community healthcare workers using mHealth technologies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising prevalence of hearing loss is a global health concern. Professional hearing services are largely absent within low- and middle-income countries where appropriate skills are lacking. Task-shifting to community healthcare workers (CHWs) supported by mHealth technologies is an important strategy to address the problem.

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility of a community-based rehabilitation model providing hearing aids to adults in low-income communities using CHWs supported by mHealth technologies.

Method

Between September 2020 and October 2021, hearing aid assessments and fittings were implemented for adults aged 18 and above in two low-income communities in the Western Cape, South Africa, using trained CHWs. A quantitative approach with illustra

SUBMITTER: Frisby C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9377258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature