All Outputs (19)

What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Broome, E., Meyer, C., Church, P., & Henshaw, H. (2022). What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(7), Article e059836. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059836

INTRODUCTION: Hearing aids are the gold standard treatment to help manage hearing loss. However, not everyone who needs them has them, and of those who do, a significant proportion of people do not use them at all, or use them infrequently. Despite l... Read More about What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol.

What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol (2022)
Journal Article
Broome, E., Meyer, C., Church, P., & Henshaw, H. (2022). What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(7), Article e059836. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059836

Introduction Hearing aids are the gold standard treatment to help manage hearing loss. However, not everyone who needs them has them, and of those who do, a significant proportion of people do not use them at all, or use them infrequently. Despite li... Read More about What factors are important to whom in what context, when adults are prescribed hearing aids for hearing loss? A realist review protocol.

Cogmed training does not generalise to real-world benefits for adult hearing aid users: results of a blinded, active-controlled randomised trial (2022)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., Heinrich, A., Tittle, A., & Ferguson, M. (2022). Cogmed training does not generalise to real-world benefits for adult hearing aid users: results of a blinded, active-controlled randomised trial. Ear and Hearing, 43(3), 741-763. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000001096

Objectives: Performance on working memory tasks is positively associated with speech-in-noise perception performance, particularly where auditory inputs are degraded. It is suggested that interventions designed to improve working memory capacity may... Read More about Cogmed training does not generalise to real-world benefits for adult hearing aid users: results of a blinded, active-controlled randomised trial.

Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Stacey, J. E., Atkin, C., Henshaw, H., Roberts, K. L., Allen, H. A., Justice, L. V., & Badham, S. P. (2022). Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 12(4), Article e059599. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059599

INTRODUCTION: Making health-related decisions can be difficult due to the amount and complexity of information available. Audio-visual information may improve memory for health information but whether audio-visual information can enhance health-relat... Read More about Does audio-visual information result in improved health-related decision-making compared with audio-only or visual-only information? Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Evaluation of home-delivered live-voice auditory training for adult hearing aid users involving their communication partners: a randomised controlled trial (2022)
Journal Article
Lowe, S. C., Henshaw, H., Wild, J., & Ferguson, M. A. (2023). Evaluation of home-delivered live-voice auditory training for adult hearing aid users involving their communication partners: a randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Audiology, 62(1), 89-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2021.2005834

Objective: To examine the benefits of home-delivered auditory training for adult hearing aid users using live-voice conversations in the presence of a single-talker distractor (experimental group) or in quiet (active-control group). Design: Randomise... Read More about Evaluation of home-delivered live-voice auditory training for adult hearing aid users involving their communication partners: a randomised controlled trial.

Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (2020)
Journal Article
Clarke, N. A., Henshaw, H., Akeroyd, M. A., Adams, B., & Hoare, D. J. (2020). Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Trends in Hearing, 24, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216520918416

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of a corresponding external sound source, and bothersome tinnitus has been linked to poorer cognitive performance. This review comprehensively quantifies the association between tinnitus and differen... Read More about Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.

Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Ali, Y. H., Wright, N., Charnock, D., Henshaw, H., & Hoare, D. (2020). Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review. BMJ Open, 10(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033537

Introduction Hearing loss is a chronic condition affecting 12?million individuals in the UK. People with hearing loss regularly experience difficulties interacting in everyday conversations. These difficulties in communication can result in a person... Read More about Applications of qualitative grounded theory methodology to investigate hearing loss: protocol for a qualitative systematic review.

Identifying and prioritising unanswered research questions for people with hyperacusis: James Lind Alliance Hyperacusis Priority Setting Partnership (2019)
Journal Article
Stratmann, L., Fackrell, K., Kennedy, V., MacDonald, C., Hodgson, H., Wray, N., …Hoare, D. J. (2019). Identifying and prioritising unanswered research questions for people with hyperacusis: James Lind Alliance Hyperacusis Priority Setting Partnership. BMJ Open, 9(11), Article e032178. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032178

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. OBJECTIVE: To determine research priorities in hyperacusis that key stakeholders agree are the most important. DESIGN/SETTING: A priority setting partnership usi... Read More about Identifying and prioritising unanswered research questions for people with hyperacusis: James Lind Alliance Hyperacusis Priority Setting Partnership.

Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Clarke, N. A., Akeroyd, M. A., Henshaw, H., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 8(8), Article e023700. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023700

Introduction Subjective tinnitus is very common and has a number of comorbid associations including depression, sleep disturbance and concentration difficulties. Concentration difficulties may be observable in people with tinnitus through poorer... Read More about Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Lawrence, B. J., Jayakody, D. M., Henshaw, H., Ferguson, M. A., Eikelboom, R. H., Loftus, A. M., & Friedland, P. L. (2018). Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trends in Hearing, 22, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518792096

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy of auditory training and cognitive training to improve cognitive function in adults with hearing loss. A literature search of academic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, Scopus) and grey literatur... Read More about Auditory and cognitive training for cognition in adults with hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Only Behavioral But Not Self-Report Measures of Speech Perception Correlate with Cognitive Abilities (2016)
Journal Article
Heinrich, A., Henshaw, H., & Ferguson, M. A. (2016). Only Behavioral But Not Self-Report Measures of Speech Perception Correlate with Cognitive Abilities. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 576. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00576

Good speech perception and communication skills in everyday life are crucial for participation and well-being, and are therefore an overarching aim of auditory rehabilitation. Both behavioral and self-report measures can be used to assess these skill... Read More about Only Behavioral But Not Self-Report Measures of Speech Perception Correlate with Cognitive Abilities.

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.

The relationship of speech intelligibility with hearing sensitivity, cognition, and perceived hearing difficulties varies for different speech perception tests (2015)
Journal Article
Heinrich, A., Henshaw, H., & Ferguson, M. A. (2015). The relationship of speech intelligibility with hearing sensitivity, cognition, and perceived hearing difficulties varies for different speech perception tests. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00782

Listeners vary in their ability to understand speech in noisy environments. Hearing sensitivity, as measured by pure-tone audiometry, can only partly explain these results, and cognition has emerged as another key concept. Although cognition relates... Read More about The relationship of speech intelligibility with hearing sensitivity, cognition, and perceived hearing difficulties varies for different speech perception tests.

Auditory training can improve working memory, attention, and communication in adverse conditions for adults with hearing loss (2015)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., & Henshaw, H. (2015). Auditory training can improve working memory, attention, and communication in adverse conditions for adults with hearing loss. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 556. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPG.2015.00556

Auditory training (AT) helps compensate for degradation in the auditory signal. A series of three high-quality training studies are discussed, which include, (i) a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of phoneme discrimination in quiet that trained adul... Read More about Auditory training can improve working memory, attention, and communication in adverse conditions for adults with hearing loss.

Benefits of phoneme discrimination training in a randomized controlled trial of 50- to 74-year-olds with mild hearing loss (2014)
Journal Article
Ferguson, M. A., Henshaw, H., Clark, D., & Moore, D. R. (2014). Benefits of phoneme discrimination training in a randomized controlled trial of 50- to 74-year-olds with mild hearing loss. Ear and Hearing, 35(4), Article e110-e121. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000020

Objectives: The aims of this study were to (i) evaluate the efficacy of phoneme discrimination training for hearing and cognitive abilities of adults aged 50 to 74 years with mild sensorineural hearing loss who were not users of hearing aids, and to... Read More about Benefits of phoneme discrimination training in a randomized controlled trial of 50- to 74-year-olds with mild hearing loss.

Assessing the benefits of auditory training to real-world listening: identifying appropriate and sensitive outcomes (2014)
Book Chapter
Henshaw, H., & Ferguson, M. A. (2014). Assessing the benefits of auditory training to real-world listening: identifying appropriate and sensitive outcomes. In T. Dau, & S. Santurette (Eds.), Auditory plasticity - listening with the brain. Danavox Jubilee Foundation

Auditory training is an intervention that aims to improve auditory performance and help alleviate the difficulties associated with hearing loss. To be an effective intervention, any task-specific learning needs to transfer to functional benefits in r... Read More about Assessing the benefits of auditory training to real-world listening: identifying appropriate and sensitive outcomes.

Working memory training for adult hearing aid users: study protocol for a double-blind randomized active controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., & Ferguson, M. A. (2013). Working memory training for adult hearing aid users: study protocol for a double-blind randomized active controlled trial. Trials, 14(417), https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-417

Background: One in ten people aged between 55 to 74 years have a significant hearing impairment in their better hearing ear (as defined by audiometric hearing thresholds). However, it is becoming increasingly clear that the challenges faced by older... Read More about Working memory training for adult hearing aid users: study protocol for a double-blind randomized active controlled trial.

Computer skills and internet use in adults aged 50-74 years: influence of hearing difficulties (2012)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., Clark, D. P., Kang, S., & Ferguson, M. A. (2012). Computer skills and internet use in adults aged 50-74 years: influence of hearing difficulties. JMIR, 14(4), Article e113. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2036

BACKGROUND The use of personal computers (PCs) and the Internet to provide health care information and interventions has increased substantially over the past decade. Yet the effectiveness of such an approach is highly dependent upon whether the t... Read More about Computer skills and internet use in adults aged 50-74 years: influence of hearing difficulties.

Feasibility and effectiveness of Ida Telecare tools for audiology patients
Dataset
Henshaw, H. Feasibility and effectiveness of Ida Telecare tools for audiology patients. [Dataset]

Plain English summary as of 24/09/2018: Background and study aims The Ida Institute has developed a range of easy-to-use online tools designed to help people with hearing loss prepare for audiology appointments, make important decisions related to... Read More about Feasibility and effectiveness of Ida Telecare tools for audiology patients.