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Specialist clinical pathways in audiology services for adults living with coexisting hearing loss and dementia: a scoping review protocol (2024)
Journal Article
Wenje, S. M., Calvert, S., Henshaw, H., Spriggs, R. V., Dening, T., Hendron, E., & Heffernan, E. (2024). Specialist clinical pathways in audiology services for adults living with coexisting hearing loss and dementia: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(12), Article e087418. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087418

Introduction: Both hearing loss and dementia are associated with ageing, and it is thought that many individuals living with dementia also live with hearing loss. Despite the large comorbidity between these two disorders, there remains a clear lack o... Read More about Specialist clinical pathways in audiology services for adults living with coexisting hearing loss and dementia: a scoping review protocol.

Dementia and the Deaf community: prevalence, assessment and management in people with hearing loss since childhood (2024)
Journal Article
Flower, I., Heffernan, E., & Dening, T. (2024). Dementia and the Deaf community: prevalence, assessment and management in people with hearing loss since childhood. Aging and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2024.2430533

Objectives
Deaf people face complex challenges in accessing healthcare, particularly for age-related conditions, yet the Deaf community is largely overlooked in dementia research. This study explores healthcare issues in relation to dementia for ol... Read More about Dementia and the Deaf community: prevalence, assessment and management in people with hearing loss since childhood.

Supporting early‐career dementia researchers: Identifying support needs and ways forward via a European study (2023)
Journal Article
Dupont, C., Gilissen, J., Dassen, F. C. M., Branco, R. M., Heins, P., Heffernan, E., & Bartels, S. L. (2024). Supporting early‐career dementia researchers: Identifying support needs and ways forward via a European study. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 20(2), 1321-1333. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13530

INTRODUCTION
Early-career researchers contribute significantly to dementia research and clinical practice. However, a growing group of early-career dementia researchers (ECDRs) lack appropriate support throughout their careers. Thus, we aim to (i) e... Read More about Supporting early‐career dementia researchers: Identifying support needs and ways forward via a European study.

When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management (2023)
Book Chapter
Broome, E., Burgon, C., Heffernan, E., Dening, T., Calvert, S., Rajasingam, S., & Henshaw, H. (2023). When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management. In A. Ciorba, & S. Hatzopoulos (Eds.), Updates on Hearing Loss and its Rehabilitation (1-27). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1003179

Both dementia and hearing loss are highly prevalent in older adults and often coexist, increasing the complexity of diagnosis and management of both conditions. As the population ages, an increasing number of people will experience both long-term con... Read More about When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management.

Tools and methods for evaluating the change to health service delivery due to pandemics or other similar emergencies: A rapid evidence review. (2023)
Journal Article
Keegan, D., Heffernan, E., Clarke, B., Deasy, C., O'Donnell, C., Crowley, P., Hughes, A., Murphy, A. W., & Masterson, S. (2024). Tools and methods for evaluating the change to health service delivery due to pandemics or other similar emergencies: A rapid evidence review. Evaluation and Program Planning, 102, Article 102378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102378

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease COVID-19, were declared a pandemic in March 2020. Countries developed rapid response activities within their health services to prevent spread of the virus and protect their populations. Ev... Read More about Tools and methods for evaluating the change to health service delivery due to pandemics or other similar emergencies: A rapid evidence review..

New horizons in hearing conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., Calvert, S., Heffernan, E., Broome, E. E., Fackrell, K., Dening, T., & Burgon, C. (2023). New horizons in hearing conditions. Age and Ageing, 52(8), Article afad150. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad150

Hearing conditions such as hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis are highly prevalent in the population and can severely impact communication and quality of life. Hearing is affected by multiple factors, including heredity, noise exposure, age, sex,... Read More about New horizons in hearing conditions.

Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration (2023)
Journal Article
Broome, E. E., Tannirandorn, P., Straus, J., Beale, P., Heffernan, E., Dening, T., & Henshaw, H. (2023). Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, Article 1143128. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1143128

Introduction: Both hearing loss and dementia are extremely pervasive, especially amongst older adults. As hearing loss and dementia have common symptoms, misdiagnosis can be common, and failure to address hearing loss for people with dementia could a... Read More about Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration.

How do we know that our patients have benefitted from our ENT/Audiological interventions?: presented at the Annual Meeting of ADANO 2016 in Berlin (2019)
Journal Article
Hall, D. A., Kitterick, P. T., Heffernan, E., Fackrell, K., Lucas, L., & Ferguson, M. (2019). How do we know that our patients have benefitted from our ENT/Audiological interventions?: presented at the Annual Meeting of ADANO 2016 in Berlin. Otology and Neurotology, 40(4), e474-e481. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000001937

This short review article gives an introduction to some of the fundamental concepts and challenges facing measurement in hearing healthcare practice and research. The impact of hearing loss almost always extends beyond the sensory impairment itself,... Read More about How do we know that our patients have benefitted from our ENT/Audiological interventions?: presented at the Annual Meeting of ADANO 2016 in Berlin.

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss (2019)
Journal Article
Heffernan, E., Habib, A., & Ferguson, M. (2019). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 58(1), 45-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1533257

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of a brief, hearing-specific outcome measure: the Social Isolation Measure (SIM). In Phase 1, adults with hearing loss were invited to complete an online survey that contained the SIM, a hearin... Read More about Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Social Isolation Measure (SIM) in adults with hearing loss.

Development of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire (SPaRQ) through consultation with adults with hearing loss, researchers, and clinicians: a content evaluation study (2018)
Journal Article
Heffernan, E., Coulson, N. S., & Ferguson, M. (in press). Development of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire (SPaRQ) through consultation with adults with hearing loss, researchers, and clinicians: a content evaluation study. International Journal of Audiology, https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1483585

Objective - This research aimed to evaluate the content of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire (SPaRQ) in terms of its relevance, clarity, comprehensiveness, acceptability to adults with hearing loss, and responsiveness.

Design -... Read More about Development of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire (SPaRQ) through consultation with adults with hearing loss, researchers, and clinicians: a content evaluation study.

Refinement and validation of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire: an application of Rasch analysis and traditional psychometric analysis techniques (2018)
Journal Article
Eithne, H., David, M., Johanna, B., & Melanie, F. (2019). Refinement and validation of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire: an application of Rasch analysis and traditional psychometric analysis techniques. Ear and Hearing, 40(2), 328-339. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000618

Objectives: The primary aim of this research was to refine and validate the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire (SPaRQ). The SPaRQ is a hearing-specific, patient-reported outcome measure that was originally developed through consultation... Read More about Refinement and validation of the Social Participation Restrictions Questionnaire: an application of Rasch analysis and traditional psychometric analysis techniques.

Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach (2016)
Journal Article
Coulson, N. S., Ferguson, M. A., Henshaw, H., & Heffernan, E. (in press). Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach. International Journal of Audiology, 55(sup3), Article S99-S104. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2016.1161851

Objective:
In recent years, there has been an increase in the application of behavioural models, such as social cognition models, to the promotion of hearing health. Despite this, there exists a well-developed body of literature that suggests such m... Read More about Applying theories of health behaviour and change to hearing health research: time for a new approach.

Understanding the psychosocial experiences of adults with mild-moderate hearing loss: an application of Leventhal’s self-regulatory model (2016)
Journal Article
Heffernan, E., Coulson, N. S., Henshaw, H., Barry, J. G., & Ferguson, M. A. (in press). Understanding the psychosocial experiences of adults with mild-moderate hearing loss: an application of Leventhal’s self-regulatory model. International Journal of Audiology, 55(sup3), Article S3-S12. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2015.1117663

Objective: This study explored the psychosocial experiences of adults with hearing loss using the self-regulatory model as a theoretical framework. The primary components of the model, namely cognitive representations, emotional representations, and... Read More about Understanding the psychosocial experiences of adults with mild-moderate hearing loss: an application of Leventhal’s self-regulatory model.