Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population
The retrospective reporting of users’ hearing aid (HA) usage can provide insight into individualized HA usage patterns. Understanding these HA usage patterns can help to provide a tailored solution to meet the usage needs of HA users. This study aims to understand the HA usage pattern in daily-life...
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| author | Sreeram K. Narayanan Sabina S. Houmøller Anne Wolff Katja Lund Sören Möller Dan D. Hougaard Michael Gaihede Jesper H. Schmidt Dorte Hammershøi |
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| description | The retrospective reporting of users’ hearing aid (HA) usage can provide insight into individualized HA usage patterns. Understanding these HA usage patterns can help to provide a tailored solution to meet the usage needs of HA users. This study aims to understand the HA usage pattern in daily-life situations from self-reported data and to examine its relationship to self-reported outcomes. A total of 1537 participants who responded to questions related to situations where they always took off or put on the HAs were included in the study. A latent class analysis was performed to stratify the HA users according to their HA usage pattern. The results showed distinct usage patterns in the latent classes derived for both scenarios. The demographics, socio-economic indicators, hearing loss, and user-related factors were found to impact HA usage. The results showed that the HA users who reported using the HAs all the time (regular users) had better self-reported HA outcomes than situational users, situational non-users, and non-users. The study explained the underlying distinct HA usage pattern from self-reported questionnaires using latent class analysis. The results emphasized the importance of regular use of HAs for a better self-reported HA outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7368cfe450c48e2b99845277a2de15a2023-11-17T18:18:39ZengMDPI AGAudiology Research2039-43492023-03-0113222123510.3390/audiolres13020021Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish PopulationSreeram K. Narayanan0Sabina S. Houmøller1Anne Wolff2Katja Lund3Sören Möller4Dan D. Hougaard5Michael Gaihede6Jesper H. Schmidt7Dorte Hammershøi8Section for AI and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkResearch Unit for ORL—Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, 5230 Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, DenmarkSection for AI and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkOPEN (Open Patient Data Explorative Network), Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Aalborg University Hospital, 9000 Aalborg, DenmarkResearch Unit for ORL—Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology, Odense University Hospital, 5230 Odense, DenmarkSection for AI and Sound, Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkThe retrospective reporting of users’ hearing aid (HA) usage can provide insight into individualized HA usage patterns. Understanding these HA usage patterns can help to provide a tailored solution to meet the usage needs of HA users. This study aims to understand the HA usage pattern in daily-life situations from self-reported data and to examine its relationship to self-reported outcomes. A total of 1537 participants who responded to questions related to situations where they always took off or put on the HAs were included in the study. A latent class analysis was performed to stratify the HA users according to their HA usage pattern. The results showed distinct usage patterns in the latent classes derived for both scenarios. The demographics, socio-economic indicators, hearing loss, and user-related factors were found to impact HA usage. The results showed that the HA users who reported using the HAs all the time (regular users) had better self-reported HA outcomes than situational users, situational non-users, and non-users. The study explained the underlying distinct HA usage pattern from self-reported questionnaires using latent class analysis. The results emphasized the importance of regular use of HAs for a better self-reported HA outcome.https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/2/21hearing aid usage patternself-reported outcomeHA rehabilitationhearing aid |
| spellingShingle | Sreeram K. Narayanan Sabina S. Houmøller Anne Wolff Katja Lund Sören Möller Dan D. Hougaard Michael Gaihede Jesper H. Schmidt Dorte Hammershøi Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population Audiology Research hearing aid usage pattern self-reported outcome HA rehabilitation hearing aid |
| title | Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population |
| title_full | Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population |
| title_fullStr | Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population |
| title_short | Self-Reported Hearing-Aid Use Patterns in an Adult Danish Population |
| title_sort | self reported hearing aid use patterns in an adult danish population |
| topic | hearing aid usage pattern self-reported outcome HA rehabilitation hearing aid |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2039-4349/13/2/21 |
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