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This paper presents findings from a study that evaluated and revised a typical pediatric diagnostic report. First, the report was evaluated using parent interviews and readability analysis. Results indicated the unrevised report did not meet health literacy guidelines. The report was revised using best practice and parent interviews. The revised report had improved readability. Parents showed higher comprehension, self-efficacy and opinions of the revised report compared to the unrevised report.

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Results from this study indicate that it may be possible to facilitate hearing health literacy through improved diagnostic report writing.

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This page is a summary of: Pediatric Audiology Report: Assessment and Revision of an Audiology Report Written to Parents of Children With Hearing Impairment, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, April 2016, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2015_jslhr-h-15-0120.
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