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- Title
A Systematic Review of Audiology Terminology.
- Authors
Soo Hee Oh; Junghak Lee
- Abstract
The present report provides an overview of terminology studies in audiology including topics and study characteristics, as well as categorizing the main issues. The goals are to improve the understanding of the current issues for terminology in audiology and to provide some basic information that will be useful to develop an international standard. Search procedures were completed over two phases. Phase 1 included a systematic electronic searches using MEDLINE (PubMed), Excerpta Medica Database, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and International Organization for Standardization with keywords related to terminology of audiology. The studies were initially identified according to the titles of 2921 publications following careful abstract examination. Of these, whole texts of 16 publications were retrieved. Five papers met the inclusion criteria were further investigated. In phase 2, a manual search was conducted to collect additional publications with keywords related to terminology project in audiology. A total of 16 papers were found. The essential terminology issues classified included ‘appropriateness,' ‘classification/ framework,' ‘inconsistency of terminology,' ‘multilingual and international aspects,' and ‘service quality/delivery including communication and accessibility.' This was indicative of the paucity of terminology research in audiology, despite recurring terminology issues. Establishment of standardized terminology in audiology may minimize current challenging terminology issues by improving appropriateness and consistency of terminology as well as communication among relevant stakeholders at national and international levels.
- Subjects
AUDIOLOGY; MEDICAL terminology; MEDICAL education; MEDICAL databases; MEDICAL communication; SYSTEMATIC reviews
- Publication
Journal of Audiology & Otology, 2016, Vol 20, Issue 2, p109
- ISSN
2384-1621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7874/jao.2016.20.2.109