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Research Article

Australian hearing healthcare stakeholders’ experiences of and attitudes towards teleaudiology uptake: a qualitative study

Boaz Muia College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-3590View further author information
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Michael Lawlessb Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2536-6442View further author information
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Barbra H. B. Timmerc Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia;d Sonova AG, Staefa, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2753-3491View further author information
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Bamini Gopinathe Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3573-359XView further author information
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Diana Tange Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-9054View further author information
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Anthony Venningf Discipline of Behavioural Health, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1885-2423View further author information
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David Mayg Department of Audiology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, AustraliaView further author information
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Jameel Muzaffarh Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;i Oto Health Ltd, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3065-0269View further author information
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Niranjan Bidargaddij Flinders Digital Health Research Centre, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2868-9260View further author information
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Giriraj Singh Shekhawata College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia;k Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK;l Tinnitus Research Initiative, Regensburg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Received 11 Mar 2024, Accepted 18 Jun 2024, Published online: 04 Jul 2024

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