Commentary on (1) ‘Application of the health belief model: Development of the hearing beliefs questionnaire (HBQ) and its associations with hearing health behaviors’ (International Journal of Audiology, 2013; 52, 558–567), and (2) ‘Development and evaluation of a questionnaire to assess knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors towards hearing loss prevention’ (International Journal of Audiology, 2014; 53, 209–218).

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