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Audiological approaches to address the psychosocial needs of adults with hearing loss: perceived benefit and likelihood of use

Rebecca J. Bennetta Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia;b Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia;c School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Caitlin Barrd Soundfair, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0855-1064
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Alex Cortisa Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia;b Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Robert H. Eikelbooma Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia;b Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia;e Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-5381
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Melanie Fergusonf National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8096-869X
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Daniel Geracea Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia;b Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9244-823X
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Eithne Heffernang Discipline of General Practice, Clinical Science Institute, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, IrelandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-7658
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Louise Hicksonc School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6832-4173
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Lisette van Leeuwenh Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ear & Hearing, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Joseph Montanoi Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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Jill E. Premingerj Program in Audiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA;k Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0202-3292
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Marieke Pronkh Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Ear & Hearing, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-4900
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Gabrielle H. Saundersl Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-0845
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Gurjit Singhm Phonak Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada;n Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada;o Department of Speech-Language Pathology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Barbra H. B. Timmerc School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;p Sonova AG, Staefa, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-3491
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Barbara Weinsteinq Graduate Centre, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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Sandra Bellekoma Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia;b Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4047-9098
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Pages 12-19 | Received 24 Aug 2020, Accepted 15 Oct 2020, Published online: 11 Nov 2020

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