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Title: An Audiology Program to Proactively Manage Inpatient Veterans With Hearing Loss.
Authors: Lacey, Cecilia1,2 ceciliamlacey@gmail.com, Michaux, Cara2, Zambetti, Ashley2, Wargo, Maureen2
Source: American Journal of Audiology. Dec2025, Vol. 34 Issue 4, p844-855. 12p.
Subject Terms: *Human services programs, *Communication, Patients, Medical care of veterans, Research funding, Audiology, Evaluation of human services programs, Rehabilitation, Hospital care, Hospital admission & discharge, Hearing aids, Hospital patients, Descriptive statistics, Veterans, Patient-professional relations, Medical records, Acquisition of data, Electronic health records, Patient satisfaction, Quality assurance, Hard of hearing people
Abstract: Purpose: Effective communication is essential to optimize medical care, but patients and providers are poor at recognizing hearing difficulty. While hearing loss is managed in outpatient clinics at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, audiologic care for inpatients is typically reactive or not provided. Method: An audiology inpatient management (AIM) program was developed to improve communication between inpatients with hearing loss and their medical providers during a hospitalization. AIM uses chart review to proactively identify inpatients that may have difficulty communicating with medical providers and provides bedside audiologic care. AIM was piloted on one inpatient unit before expanding to the entire medical center. Results: Fifty-two percent (52%) of the pilot unit's new admissions had previously documented hearing loss. Although 83% of inpatients with hearing loss were fitted with hearing aids before their hospitalization, only 31% brought them to the hospital upon admission. Since expanding AIM to every inpatient unit, 28% of all new hospital admissions received audiologic care at bedside. Conclusions: This article describes AIM's design, implementation, and evaluation with the intent of serving as a resource for other audiologists creating a similar program. Audiologists must guide recommendations on how to ensure that inpatients with hearing loss can effectively participate in their health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Copyright of American Journal of Audiology is the property of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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  Data: Purpose: Effective communication is essential to optimize medical care, but patients and providers are poor at recognizing hearing difficulty. While hearing loss is managed in outpatient clinics at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, audiologic care for inpatients is typically reactive or not provided. Method: An audiology inpatient management (AIM) program was developed to improve communication between inpatients with hearing loss and their medical providers during a hospitalization. AIM uses chart review to proactively identify inpatients that may have difficulty communicating with medical providers and provides bedside audiologic care. AIM was piloted on one inpatient unit before expanding to the entire medical center. Results: Fifty-two percent (52%) of the pilot unit's new admissions had previously documented hearing loss. Although 83% of inpatients with hearing loss were fitted with hearing aids before their hospitalization, only 31% brought them to the hospital upon admission. Since expanding AIM to every inpatient unit, 28% of all new hospital admissions received audiologic care at bedside. Conclusions: This article describes AIM's design, implementation, and evaluation with the intent of serving as a resource for other audiologists creating a similar program. Audiologists must guide recommendations on how to ensure that inpatients with hearing loss can effectively participate in their health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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