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Figures
Figure 1. Recommended Hearing Care Pathways and Solutions
by Degree of Measured or Perceived Hearing Loss:
Mild to Moderate
Mild
Measured or Perceived Hearing Loss
Communication Challenge
Communication Demands
Pathway to Hearing Care
Solutions
High
Self-care less
preferred
Hearing care
professional
appropriate
Hearing aids
(professionally fit
or self-fit)
Modifying considerations include patient and care partner priorities and preferences, available
audiological services, insurance coverage, cognitive impairment, financial concerns, technolog y access,
use, preferences, and self efficacy, mobility, transportation, navigational needs, available assistance,
available support from care partners.
