Embedding routine hearing health checks within existing Meals on Wheels services – A protocol for the SOUND-BITES Program pilot study

• Diana Tang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.tang@mq.edu.au

  Affiliations Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2007-9054

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• Jessica Turner,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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• Ugochukwu Eze,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• John Newall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-9677

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• Kompal Sinha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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• Carolyn Mee,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sound Scouts, Sydney, Australia

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• Claudia Odello,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Meals on Wheels NSW, Sydney, Australia

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• Andrew Blaikie,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Bamini Gopinath

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Macquarie University Hearing Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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