Characteristics and Help-Seeking Behavior of People Failing a Smart Device Self-Test for HearingShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: American Journal of Audiology, ISSN 1059-0889, E-ISSN 1558-9137, Vol. 29, no 3, p. 365-374Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Purpose: This study investigated user characteristics, help-seeking behavior, and follow-up actions of people who failed an app-based digits-in-noise hearing screening test, considering their stage of change. Method: Test and user characteristics of 3,092 listeners who failed the test were retrospectively analyzed. A posttest survey determining follow-up (verb) actions was sent to listeners who failed the test (n = 1,007), of which 59 responded. Results: The majority of listeners were in the precontemplation stage (75.5%). Age and stage of change were significant (p < .05) predictors of the digits-in-noise speech recognition threshold (DIN SRT). Listeners in the precontemplation stage were significantly younger than in other stages (p < .05). Posttest survey response rate was low (5.9%). Of those, most (82.4%) did not think they had a hearing loss. Only 13.6% followed up with an audiologist. Conclusion: Older people presented with poorer DIN SRTs and were typically in a more advanced stage of change. The majority of those who did not follow up after failing the screening test did not believe they had a hearing loss. A combination of factors, including poor DIN SRT, older age, and a more advanced stage of change inclined participants to follow up with audiological care.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
AMER SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOC , 2020. Vol. 29, no 3, p. 365-374
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-169970DOI: 10.1044/2020_AJA-19-00098ISI: 000566668700005PubMedID: 32510970OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-169970DiVA, id: diva2:1471070
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Funding Agencies|National Institute of General Medical SciencesUnited States Department of Health & Human ServicesNational Institutes of Health (NIH) - USANIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) [5R21DC016241-02]
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