title: Professional attitudes regarding counseling of hearing-impaired adults.
abstract: To determine contemporary thinking regarding initial counseling of hearing-impaired adults 500 questionnaires were mailed to otologists and otolaryngologists and 500 to clinical audiologists. Usable questionnaires total 136 for the former group and 266 for the latter. Some significant differences were found in the ways clinicians saw themselves as counselors and in the needs they perceived their patients as having. Respondents reported experiencing various methods of training and possessing diverse attitudes about the effectiveness of their preparation as counselors during their professional training.
authors.affiliation: Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas, Austin 78712-1089.
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D003376:Counseling; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States