Exploring barriers to hearing help-seeking using behavioral economics: a qualitative study
Applying a BE perspective to hearing health help-seeking decisions offers a nuanced understanding of the psychological and contextual barriers to help-seeking. Interventions that raise awareness of hearing difficulties and reframe help-seeking in ways that address cognitive biases may support earlier engagement with hearing services.
Authors
- Simon Alperstein
- Stefan Launer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-6854)
- Delaney S. Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-8331)
- Brent Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0111-1899)
- Gurjit Singh
Institutions
- Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AU)
- Government of New South Wales (AU)
- Metropolitan University (RS)
- Community Health Development (US)
- National Acoustic Laboratories (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2025.2586635
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00