Hearing health awareness programs

This article looks at the effects of a hearing health intervention program on behaviour, and demonstrates that education can change behaviour.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:
The aim of this article is to look at the effectiveness of hearing health intervention programs on the behaviour of medical students at college.

Editor's comments:
With 1.1 billion young people at risk for hearing loss globally, and most hearing losses not being treatable, prevention in important. Education programs lead to positive behaviour changes in this article. It is an area of hearing health awareness that should be targeted from a primary school level -especially since education can change behaviour..

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. Incidence of hearing loss

2. Behaviours that negatively affect hearing
3. The health belief model and cognitive theory principles
4. Areas to be assess in the survey
5. Effect of the intervention program
6. Advantages of the study
7. Limitations of the study.

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
• You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
• Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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