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Transforming Access to Hearing Care: Community Perspectives on School-Based Telehealth in Rural Appalachia

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Description
Examines community perspectives on school-based hearing screenings completed via telemedicine as an adaptation to provide auditory healthcare access to rural communities. Provides feedback from 21 semi-structured interviews from parents, school staff, and care providers in Appalachian counties regarding childhood hearing loss, screening and follow-up processes, integration of telemedicine, and more.
Author(s)
Mary Katherine Oberman, Marissa Schuh Gebert, Olivia Henderson, et al.
Citation
Ear & Hearing - The Official Journal of the American Auditory Society, 47(2), 378-388
Date
09/2025
Tagged as
Access · Appalachia · Children and youth · Families · Health screening · Hearing impairment · Schools · Telehealth