JAAA CEU Program

The questions below refer to Folmer et al, “Hearing Health Care Utilization Following Automated Hearing Screening, pages 235–245.

Learner Outcomes

Readers of this article should be able to:

• Describe how the Health Belief Model pertains to hearing screening and individual motivation to pursue hearing-health care.

• List strategies that could be implemented to increase the number of individuals with hearing loss who pursue evaluation and treatment for the condition.

CEU Questions

1. What percentage of the United States population over 65 years of age experiences significant hearing loss?

   • 5 percent

   • 10 percent

   • More than 25 percent

2. What percentage of adults with significant hearing loss seek treatment for it?

   • 5 to 10 percent

   • 20 to 30 percent

   • 40 to 50 percent

3. The type of headphones used during this clinical trial was:

   • HDA200

   • TDH-39P

   • A2000

4. One questionnaire that was used in this clinical trial is the:

   • Tinnitus Functional Index

   • Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

   • Hearing Handicap Inventory

5. Which hearing-screening method was NOT used in this clinical trial?

   • Tone-emitting otoscope

   • Digits-in-noise (DIN) test

   • Four- frequency screener

6. Study results indicated what percentage of total participants took and failed a hearing-screening test?

   • 30 percent

   • 40 percent

   • More than 50 percent

7. Study results indicated what percentage of participants took and failed a hearing-screening test, then pursued hearing-health care during the follow-up period?

   • 7 percent

   • 17 percent

   • 27 percent

8. Which hearing-screening method was associated with the highest rate of hearing-health care follow-up?

   • AMTAS 5-frequency threshold test

   • Four-frequency screener

   • Digits-in-noise (DIN) test

9. Results of the clinical trial indicate that:

   • both of the study hypotheses were supported

   • only one of the study hypotheses was supported

   • neither of the study hypotheses were supported

10. Which of the following statements reflects the results of the clinical trial?

    • Only 13 percent of non-Veterans who failed a hearing-screening test pursued hearing-health care during the follow-up period.

    • A majority of Veterans who failed a hearing-screening test pursued hearing-health care during the follow-up period.

    • A majority of non-Veterans who failed a hearing-screening test pursued hearing-health care during the follow-up period.

Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
13. August 2021