SANDRA SMITH's Outputs (9)

The Content and Quality of Information About Hyperacusis Presented Online (2020)
Journal Article
Smith, S. N., Smallwood, E., Sereda, M., Adams, B., & Hoare, D. J. (2020). The Content and Quality of Information About Hyperacusis Presented Online. American Journal of Audiology, 29(3S), 623-630. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_aja-19-00074

© 2020 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Purpose: Hyperacusis is a disorder characterized by reduced sound tolerance leading to ear pain, emotional distress, and reduced quality of life. Many people with hyperacusis turn to the Internet f... Read More about The Content and Quality of Information About Hyperacusis Presented Online.

Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Sereda, M., Smith, S., Newton, K., & Stockdale, D. (2019). Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis. Journal of International Medical Research, 7(1), Article e10353. https://doi.org/10.2196/10353

Background: Tinnitus is the perception of a sound without any outside source. It affects 6 million people in the UK. Sound therapy is a core component of many tinnitus management programmes. Potential mechanisms of benefit include making tinnitus le... Read More about Mobile applications for management of tinnitus: users' survey, quality assessment and content analysis.

Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients (2018)
Journal Article
Watts, E. J., Fackrell, K., Smith, S., Sheldrake, J., Haider, H., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients. Trends in Hearing, 22, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518812250

Tinnitus is a prevalent complaint, and people with bothersome tinnitus can report any number of associated problems. Yet, to date, only a few studies, with different populations and relatively modest sample sizes, have qualitatively evaluated what th... Read More about Why Is Tinnitus a Problem? A Qualitative Analysis of Problems Reported by Tinnitus Patients.

Findings and Ethical Considerations From a Thematic Analysis of Threads Within Tinnitus Online Support Groups (2018)
Journal Article
Ainscough, E., Smith, S. N., Greenwell, K., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Findings and Ethical Considerations From a Thematic Analysis of Threads Within Tinnitus Online Support Groups. American Journal of Audiology, 27(3), 503-512. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_aja-imia3-18-0013

Purpose: Tinnitus is the perception of noise without a corresponding external stimulus. Current management typically aims to moderate associated psychosocial stressors and allow sufferers to retain an adequate quality of life. With the increasing rec... Read More about Findings and Ethical Considerations From a Thematic Analysis of Threads Within Tinnitus Online Support Groups.

Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, S. N., Broomhead, E., Greenwell, K., Watts, E., Stockdale, D., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments. International Journal of Audiology, 57(12), 900-907. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2018.1512013

© 2018, © 2018 British Society of Audiology, International Society of Audiology, and Nordic Audiological Society. Self-help has the potential to provide low-cost and effective ways of improving access to psychological support for people with tinnitus... Read More about Promotion and views on tinnitus self-help within United Kingdom national health service audiology departments.

A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others (2018)
Journal Article
Hall, D. A., Fackrell, K. L., Li, A. B., Thavayogan, R., Smith, S., Kennedy, V., Tinoco, C., Rodrigues, E. D., Campelo, P., Martins, T. D., Martins Lourenço, V., Ribeiro, D., & Haider, H. (2018). A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 16, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-018-0888-9

Background: There are a large number of assessment tools for tinnitus, with little consensus on what it is important to measure and no preference for a minimum reporting standard. The item content of tinnitus assessment tools should seek to capture r... Read More about A narrative synthesis of research evidence for tinnitus-related complaints as reported by patients and their significant others.

Access to aidable residual hearing in adult candidates for cochlear implantation in the UK (2016)
Journal Article
Fielden, C. A., Hampton, R., Smith, S., & Kitterick, P. T. (in press). Access to aidable residual hearing in adult candidates for cochlear implantation in the UK. Cochlear Implants International, 17(sup 1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14670100.2016.1153836

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) permits candidates to receive a cochlear implant provided they only hear sounds louder than 90 dB HL at 2 and 4 kHz. In some patients, their level of residual hearing may be s... Read More about Access to aidable residual hearing in adult candidates for cochlear implantation in the UK.

Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review (2015)
Journal Article
Sereda, M., Hoare, D. J., Nicholson, R., Smith, S., & Hall, D. A. (2015). Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review. Ear and Hearing, 36(4), 417-429. https://doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000140

Objectives:

In many countries including the United Kingdom, hearing aids are a first line of audiologic intervention for many people with tinnitus and aidable hearing loss. Nevertheless, there is a lack of high quality evidence to support that the... Read More about Consensus on hearing aid candidature and fitting for mild hearing loss, with and without tinnitus: Delphi review.

Using the CLOX drawing task to educate the public of the effects of hearing loss (2010)
Journal Article
Quinn, S. C., Henshaw, H., Clark, D., Falck, C., & Smith, S. (2010). Using the CLOX drawing task to educate the public of the effects of hearing loss. Perception, 39(10), https://doi.org/10.1068/p6756

We describe a task used to educate the public on the importance of hearing and the experience of hearing loss. During an open day at Nottingham University, participants were presented with verbal instructions (with or without a background masker) and... Read More about Using the CLOX drawing task to educate the public of the effects of hearing loss.