How do audiologists respond to emotional and psychological concerns raised in the audiology setting? Three case vignettes

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dc.contributor.author Bennett, Rebecca J.
dc.contributor.author Meyer, Carly J.
dc.contributor.author Ryan, Brooke
dc.contributor.author Eikelboom, Robert H.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-10T06:04:41Z
dc.date.issued 2020-11
dc.description.abstract OBJECTIVES : Emotional and psychological well-being are essential to overall health, but there is little research showing how to approach emotional and psychological concerns in the audiological setting. This study investigated audiologists' self-reported clinical behaviors in response to emotional and psychological concerns and/or symptoms raised by audiology clients. DESIGN : A sample of 83 Australia-based audiologists completed a survey including vignettes presenting older adults with hearing loss and experiencing symptoms consistent with either depression or grief. Content analysis was used to explore: (1) audiologists' self-reported usual response when clients present with emotional and psychological concerns and/or symptoms in the audiological setting; (2) audiologists' ability to identify and describe psychological symptoms; and (3) audiologists' self-reported clinical behaviors relating to client referral for psychological support. RESULTS : When asked to describe their usual clinical course of action in response to the vignettes, over one half the audiologists described actions that address the clients concerns related to psychological well-being. Where audiologists described how they would provide psychological support, they described modifications to the audiological rehabilitation program including involving significant others in the rehabilitation process, recommending additional support outside of the audiology setting (such as General Practitioner or psychologists), and providing emotional support and counseling. When prompted, the majority of participants recognized the two cases with depression as having a mental health condition; however, 48% of participants indicated the control case as also having a mental health condition. When asked directly, the majority of audiologists indicated that they would refer the three vignettes for specialist support; however, less than one third described referral to a General Practitioner and less than 5% described referral to a mental health professional as their normal course of action in the open response item. Twenty-five different professions/people were reported as potential sources for referral. CONCLUSIONS : These findings support the need for further training and/or resources for audiologists to enable them to appropriately detect, describe and refer for emotional and psychological concerns and/or symptoms raised by clients' in the audiology setting. en_ZA
dc.description.department Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology en_ZA
dc.description.embargo 2021-11-01
dc.description.librarian hj2021 en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship The Ear Science Institute Australia en_ZA
dc.description.uri https://journals.lww.com/ear-hearing/pages/default.aspx en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation 2020, 'How do audiologists respond to emotional and psychological concerns raised in the audiology setting? Three case vignettes', Ear and Hearing, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1675-1683. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0196-0202 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1538-4667 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000887
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/80264
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins en_ZA
dc.rights © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Ear and Hearing, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1675-1683, 2020. doi : 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000887. en_ZA
dc.subject Audiologists en_ZA
dc.subject Emotion-focused counseling en_ZA
dc.subject Emotional support en_ZA
dc.subject Emotional well-being en_ZA
dc.subject Mental health en_ZA
dc.subject Older adults en_ZA
dc.subject Psychological en_ZA
dc.subject Psychological well-being en_ZA
dc.subject Psychosocial en_ZA
dc.title How do audiologists respond to emotional and psychological concerns raised in the audiology setting? Three case vignettes en_ZA
dc.type Postprint Article en_ZA


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