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- Björsne, Andreas, 1984, et al.
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When Can Stable AutoNRT Thresholds be Expected? A Clinical Implication When Fitting Young Children.
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. - : Georg Thieme Verlag KG. - 2157-3107 .- 1050-0545. ; 31:1, s. 69-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective measurements are important for programming cochlear implants in young children and other individuals who cannot participate in behavioral measurements. AutoNRT, the automatic method used to record responses from the auditory nerve in the Cochlear Ltd., implant system, is often used as a basis for estimating the threshold level and comfort level (C-level) for these patients. However, it has not been sufficiently established if AutoNRT measurements remain consistent over time.This study aimed to determine if/when AutoNRT thresholds stabilize.The study design was a longitudinal prospective study.AutoNRT thresholds were obtained from 52 young children and 80 adults. All subjects received the same implant (CI24RE Contour Advance).AutoNRT thresholds were measured on all intracochlear electrodes during the surgery and at the initial activation. During the following year, children were measured at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months, and adults were measured at 6 and 12 months. The results were analyzed based on mean values, correlation, and absolute mean differences.There were large variations for all electrodes between the intraoperative and postoperative AutoNRT thresholds of both children and adults. For children, the thresholds were considered to be stable from 1 month. The correlations obtained between the last two measurements, 6 and 12 months, for both children and adults were generally high for all electrodes.The present results demonstrate the importance of repeating the AutoNRT measurement postoperatively, at about 1 month after initial activation, to obtain reliable and stable thresholds for estimating the T- and C-level profiles.
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- Ducharme, Francine, et al.
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Validation d'un outil pour les proches-aidants : Validation of a tool for family caregivers
- 2009
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Ingår i: Recherche en soins infirmiers. - Lyon : Mallet Conseil. - 0297-2964. ; 97, s. 63-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this transcultural study was to translate and adapt for the province of Quebec (Canada) a tool for assessing the support needs of family caregivers of aging persons, as well as to validate the relevance and feasibility of its utilization in Quebec homecare services. Developed jointly in the United Kingdom and Sweden and based on a caregiver-service provider partnership process, the Carers Outcome Agreement Tool (COAT) is presently the focus of a large-scale implementation study in Sweden. Following parallel back-translation and adaptation, the tool, entitled Entente sur le Soutien aux Proches-Aidants (ESPA) in French, was validated in terms of relevance and feasibility via focus groups with service providers and interviews with family caregivers. Results show the ESPA to be a culturally sensitive tool that systematically identifies the support needs of caregivers and indicates the type of help best suited to meet these needs. As with other European studies, the results suggest that the caregiver role comprises a common core of needs and highlights the tool's potential for transfer to the cultural context of French-speaking Europe.
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- Göthberg, Hanna, 1973, et al.
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Pathophysiological and Clinical Aspects of Hearing Loss Among 85-Year-Olds
- 2023
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Ingår i: American journal of audiology. - 1059-0889. ; 32:2, s. 440-452
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This study aimed to identify the prevalence of conductive/mixed and sensorineural hearing loss, with an attempt to differentiate between sensory and neural components in 85-year-olds. Method: A comprehensive auditory test protocol, including pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, auditory brainstem response (ABR), and distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE), was used to identify different types of hearing loss in 85-year-olds. This study comprised a subsample (n = 125) selected from an unscreened cohort of 85-year-olds born in 1930, within the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies in Sweden. Results: Test results were reported descriptively. Sensorineural hearing loss was present in one or both ears in almost all participants (98%), and the majority had absent DPOAEs. Only approximately 6% had additional conductive hearing loss, that is, mixed hearing loss. Approximately 20% of the participants with a pure-tone average at 0.5-4 kHz < 60 dB HL had worse word recognition scores compared with predicted scores by the Speech Intelligibility Index (SII), whereas only two participants were classified with neural dysfunction with the use of ABR. Conclusions: Sensorineural hearing loss, likely related to outer hair cell loss, was present in the vast majority of 85-year-olds. Conductive/mixed hearing loss appears to be relatively rare in advanced age. Poor word recognition scores in relation to SII-predicted scores were relatively common (20%) in 85-year-olds, whereas auditory neuropathy was only rarely identified (1.6%) by the use of ABR latencies. To explain abnormal word recognition and to identify the neural component of hearing loss among the older-old population, future research should consider factors such as listening effort and cognition among the olderold population.
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- Hanson, Elizabeth, 1961-, et al.
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E-tjänster öppnar nya världar
- 2009
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Ingår i: Äldreomsorg. - Solna : Fortbildningsförlaget. - 1403-7025. ; :3
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- Johansson, Maria, et al.
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Family members' experiences with intensive care unit diaries when the patient does not survive
- 2018
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 32:1, s. 233-240
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to explore how family members experienced the use of a diary when a relative does not survive the stay in the intensive care unit (ICU).METHOD: A qualitative method with a hermeneutic approach was used. Nine participants who read/wrote eight diaries in total were interviewed. The collected data were analysed using a hermeneutic technique inspired by Geanellos.FINDINGS: The analysis revealed an overall theme 'the diary was experienced as a bridge connecting the past with the future', which was a metaphor referring to the temporal aspect where there was the period with the diary up until the patient's death and then the postbereavement period. The diary contributed to both a rational and emotional understanding of the death of the patient and disclosed glimmers of light that still existed before the illness deteriorated. Further, the diary bridged the space between family members themselves and between family and nursing staff. It helped to maintain a feeling of togetherness and engagement in the care of the patient which family members found comforting.CONCLUSION: Family members of nonsurvivors had a need to have the ICU time explained and expressed. The diary might work as a form of 'survival kit' to gain coherence and understanding; to meet their needs during the hospital stay; and, finally, to act as a bereavement support by processing the death of the patient.
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- Leopold, Lennart, 1949-, et al.
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Förord
- 2009
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Ingår i: Leopold, Lennart, Ström, Eva (red.). Det var ingen tjusande idyll. - Stockholm : Atlantis. - 9789173533065 ; , s. 9-12, s. 3-, s. 6-7
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Magnusson, Lennart, 1951-, et al.
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Ett centrum för samlad kompetens
- 2009
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Ingår i: Äldreomsorg. - Solna : Fortbildningsförlaget. - 1403-7025. ; :3
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