Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

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Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 26;:1-9

Authors: Muñoz K, Ong CW, Borrie SA, Nelson LH, Twohig MP

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this exploratory study was to describe audiologist communication behaviours during appointments for hearing device monitoring and management before and after participation in counselling skills training.
DESIGN: The study used a longitudinal design with three assessment points over 6 months.
STUDY SAMPLE: The sample included 10 audiologists and audiology graduate students interacting in a professional setting with their clients.
RESULTS: Audiologists reported improvement in their counselling skills from pre-training to follow-up, which was consistent with objective findings that audiologist relative speaking time decreased from pre-training to post-training as well as from pre-training to follow-up. Observer-rated scores of participants' counselling skills; however, yielded no significant differences across time.
CONCLUSIONS: Some improvement was noted in audiologists' counselling behaviour following a 1-day communication skills workshop and continued learning support. It is evident; however, that further training, such as increased training and performance feedback, is needed to maintain and enhance audiologist progress in the various aspects of counselling.

PMID: 28266245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 13;:1-21

Authors: Verbecque E, Marijnissen T, De Belder N, Van Rompaey V, Boudewyns A, Van de Heyning P, Vereeck L, Hallemans A

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the prevalence of vestibular dysfunction in children with SNHL classified according to the applied test and its corresponding sensitivity and specificity.
DESIGN: Data were gathered using a systematic search query including reference screening.
STUDY SAMPLE: Pubmed, Web of Science and Embase were searched. Strategy and reporting of this review was based on the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. Methodological quality was assessed with the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist.
RESULTS: All studies, regardless the applied vestibular test, showed that vestibular function differs significantly between children with hearing loss and normal hearing (p < 0.05). Compared with caloric testing, the sensitivity of the Rotational Chair Test (RCT) varies between 61 and 80% and specificity between 21 and 80%, whereas this was, respectively, 71-100% and 30-100% for collic Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMP). Compared with RCT, the sensitivity was 88-100% and the specificity was 69-100% for the Dynamic Visual Acuity test, respectively, 67-100% and 71-100% for the (video) Head Impulse Test and 83% and 86% for the ocular VEMP.
CONCLUSIONS: Currently, due to methodological shortcoming, evidence on sensitivity and specificity of vestibular tests is unknown to moderate. Future research should focus on adequate sample sizes (subgroups >30).

PMID: 28264605 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

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Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 26;:1-9

Authors: Muñoz K, Ong CW, Borrie SA, Nelson LH, Twohig MP

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this exploratory study was to describe audiologist communication behaviours during appointments for hearing device monitoring and management before and after participation in counselling skills training.
DESIGN: The study used a longitudinal design with three assessment points over 6 months.
STUDY SAMPLE: The sample included 10 audiologists and audiology graduate students interacting in a professional setting with their clients.
RESULTS: Audiologists reported improvement in their counselling skills from pre-training to follow-up, which was consistent with objective findings that audiologist relative speaking time decreased from pre-training to post-training as well as from pre-training to follow-up. Observer-rated scores of participants' counselling skills; however, yielded no significant differences across time.
CONCLUSIONS: Some improvement was noted in audiologists' counselling behaviour following a 1-day communication skills workshop and continued learning support. It is evident; however, that further training, such as increased training and performance feedback, is needed to maintain and enhance audiologist progress in the various aspects of counselling.

PMID: 28266245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 13;:1-21

Authors: Verbecque E, Marijnissen T, De Belder N, Van Rompaey V, Boudewyns A, Van de Heyning P, Vereeck L, Hallemans A

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the prevalence of vestibular dysfunction in children with SNHL classified according to the applied test and its corresponding sensitivity and specificity.
DESIGN: Data were gathered using a systematic search query including reference screening.
STUDY SAMPLE: Pubmed, Web of Science and Embase were searched. Strategy and reporting of this review was based on the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. Methodological quality was assessed with the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist.
RESULTS: All studies, regardless the applied vestibular test, showed that vestibular function differs significantly between children with hearing loss and normal hearing (p < 0.05). Compared with caloric testing, the sensitivity of the Rotational Chair Test (RCT) varies between 61 and 80% and specificity between 21 and 80%, whereas this was, respectively, 71-100% and 30-100% for collic Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMP). Compared with RCT, the sensitivity was 88-100% and the specificity was 69-100% for the Dynamic Visual Acuity test, respectively, 67-100% and 71-100% for the (video) Head Impulse Test and 83% and 86% for the ocular VEMP.
CONCLUSIONS: Currently, due to methodological shortcoming, evidence on sensitivity and specificity of vestibular tests is unknown to moderate. Future research should focus on adequate sample sizes (subgroups >30).

PMID: 28264605 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

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Audiologists' communication behaviour during hearing device management appointments.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 26;:1-9

Authors: Muñoz K, Ong CW, Borrie SA, Nelson LH, Twohig MP

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this exploratory study was to describe audiologist communication behaviours during appointments for hearing device monitoring and management before and after participation in counselling skills training.
DESIGN: The study used a longitudinal design with three assessment points over 6 months.
STUDY SAMPLE: The sample included 10 audiologists and audiology graduate students interacting in a professional setting with their clients.
RESULTS: Audiologists reported improvement in their counselling skills from pre-training to follow-up, which was consistent with objective findings that audiologist relative speaking time decreased from pre-training to post-training as well as from pre-training to follow-up. Observer-rated scores of participants' counselling skills; however, yielded no significant differences across time.
CONCLUSIONS: Some improvement was noted in audiologists' counselling behaviour following a 1-day communication skills workshop and continued learning support. It is evident; however, that further training, such as increased training and performance feedback, is needed to maintain and enhance audiologist progress in the various aspects of counselling.

PMID: 28266245 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

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Vestibular (dys)function in children with sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review.

Int J Audiol. 2017 Feb 13;:1-21

Authors: Verbecque E, Marijnissen T, De Belder N, Van Rompaey V, Boudewyns A, Van de Heyning P, Vereeck L, Hallemans A

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to provide an overview of the prevalence of vestibular dysfunction in children with SNHL classified according to the applied test and its corresponding sensitivity and specificity.
DESIGN: Data were gathered using a systematic search query including reference screening.
STUDY SAMPLE: Pubmed, Web of Science and Embase were searched. Strategy and reporting of this review was based on the Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) guidelines. Methodological quality was assessed with the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist.
RESULTS: All studies, regardless the applied vestibular test, showed that vestibular function differs significantly between children with hearing loss and normal hearing (p < 0.05). Compared with caloric testing, the sensitivity of the Rotational Chair Test (RCT) varies between 61 and 80% and specificity between 21 and 80%, whereas this was, respectively, 71-100% and 30-100% for collic Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (cVEMP). Compared with RCT, the sensitivity was 88-100% and the specificity was 69-100% for the Dynamic Visual Acuity test, respectively, 67-100% and 71-100% for the (video) Head Impulse Test and 83% and 86% for the ocular VEMP.
CONCLUSIONS: Currently, due to methodological shortcoming, evidence on sensitivity and specificity of vestibular tests is unknown to moderate. Future research should focus on adequate sample sizes (subgroups >30).

PMID: 28264605 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Screening of deafness-causing DNA variants that are common in patients of European ancestry using a microarray-based approach

by Denise Yan, Guangxin Xiang, Xingping Chai, Jie Qing, Haiqiong Shang, Bing Zou, Rahul Mittal, Jun Shen, Richard J. H. Smith, Yao-Shan Fan, Susan H. Blanton, Mustafa Tekin, Cynthia Morton, Wanli Xing, Jing Cheng, Xue Zhong Liu

The unparalleled heterogeneity in genetic causes of hearing loss along with remarkable differences in prevalence of causative variants among ethnic groups makes single gene tests technically inefficient. Although hundreds of genes have been reported to be associated with nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL), GJB2, GJB6, SLC26A4, and mitochondrial (mt) MT-RNR1 and MTTS are the major contributors. In order to provide a faster, more comprehensive and cost effective assay, we constructed a DNA fluidic array, CapitalBioMiamiOtoArray, for the detection of sequence variants in five genes that are common in most populations of European descent. They consist of c.35delG, p.W44C, p.L90P, c.167delT (GJB2); 309kb deletion (GJB6); p.L236P, p.T416P (SLC26A4); and m.1555A>G, m.7444G>A (mtDNA). We have validated our hearing loss array by analyzing a total of 160 DNAs samples. Our results show 100% concordance between the fluidic array biochip-based approach and the established Sanger sequencing method, thus proving its robustness and reliability at a relatively low cost.

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