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Representation of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids in the U.S. Newspaper Media

Cross-Sectional Analysis of Secondary Data

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Purpose : News media plays an important role in formulatingpeople’s knowledge and opinions about various aspects oflife, including health. The current study explored how hearingloss and hearing aids are represented in the U.S. newspapermedia. Method : A cross-sectional study design was selected toanalyze publicly available newspaper media data. The datasets were generated from the database, the U.S. MajorDailies by ProQuest, by searching key words for newspaperspublished during 1990–2017. Cluster analysis (i.e., textpattern analysis) and chi-square tests were performed usingIramuteq software. Results : The hearing loss data set had 1,527 texts (i.e.,articles). The cluster analysisresulted in 7 clusters, whichwere named as (1)causes and consequences(26.1%),(2)early identification and diagnosis(9%), (3)health promotionand prevention(22.1%), (4)recreational noise exposure(10.4%),(5)prevalence(14.3%), (6)research and development(12.4%),and (7)cognitive hearing science(5.6%). The hearing aidsdata set had 2,667 texts. The cluster analysis resultedin 8 clusters, which were named as (1)signal processing(20.2%), (2)insurance(8.9%), (3)prevalence(12.4%),(4)research and development(5.4%), (5)activities andrelation(16.2%), (6)features to address background noise(13.8%), (7)innovation(12%), and (8)wireless and connectivity(11.1%). Time series analysis of clusters in both“hearingloss”and“hearing aids”data sets indicated changes in thepattern of information presented in the newspaper mediaduring 1990–2016 (e.g., Cluster 7 focuses on cognitivehearing science in a hearing loss data set emerging onlysince the year 2012 and growing rapidly). Conclusions : The text pattern analysis showed that the U.S.newspaper media focuses on a range of issues whenconsidering hearing loss and hearing aids and that patternsor trends change over time. The study results can be helpfulfor hearing health care professionals to understand whatpresuppositions society in general may have as the mediahas the ability to influence societal perception and opinions.
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Vinaya Manchaiah, Pierre Ratinaud, Eldré Beukes. Representation of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids in the U.S. Newspaper Media. American Journal of Audiology, 2019, 28 (1), pp.11 - 25. ⟨10.1044/2018_aja-18-0058⟩. ⟨hal-03657813⟩
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