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Volume 13
From Knowledge to Action: Implementing a Group Intervention for First-Time Hearing Aid Users in Québec through a Clinical Research Partnership
by Alexandra Tessier, PhD, MPO
Élodie Latreille, BSc
Mireille Tardif, MPA
Caroline Lafontaine, MPA
Mathieu Hotton, PhD Audiologist
Claire Croteau, PhD, SLP
Victoria Duda, PhD
This article describes the successful development and pilot testing of a brief group intervention in Québec that improves self-efficacy and device adaptation for first-time hearing aid users. Using a collaborative research-practice partnership, the study highlights how early rehabilitation can improve patient outcomes and underscores the need to reform fragmented healthcare pathways.