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A Qualitative Examination of User Perceptions of User-Driven and App-Controlled Hearing Technologies
National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Hearing Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Hearing Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2019 (English)In: American Journal of Audiology, ISSN 1059-0889, E-ISSN 1558-9137, Vol. 28, no 4, p. 993-1005Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

 Purpose

The aim of this study was to examine how hearing aid candidates perceive user-driven and app-controlled hearing aids and the effect these concepts have on traditional hearing health care delivery.

Method

Eleven adults (3 women, 8 men), recruited among 60 participants who had completed a research study evaluating an app-controlled, self-fitting hearing aid for 12 weeks, participated in a semistructured interview. Participants were over 55 years of age and had varied experience with hearing aids and smartphones. A template analysis was applied to data.

Results

Five themes emerged from the interviews: (a) prerequisites to the successful implementation of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (b) benefits and advantages of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (c) barriers to the acceptance and use of user-driven and app-controlled technologies, (d) beliefs that age is a significant factor in how well people will adopt new technology, and (e) consequences that flow from the adoption of user-driven and app-controlled technologies. Specifically, suggested benefits of the technology included fostering empowerment and providing cheaper and more discrete options, while challenges included lack of technological self-efficacy among older adults. Training and support were emphasized as necessary for successful adaptation and were suggested to be a focus of audiologic services in the future.

Conclusion

User perceptions of user-driven and app-controlled hearing technologies challenge the audiologic profession to provide adequate support and training for use of the technology and manufacturers to make the technology more accessible to older people. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2019. Vol. 28, no 4, p. 993-1005
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Otorhinolaryngology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-188069DOI: 10.1044/2019_aja-19-0022ISI: 000566667500015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85076874484OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-188069DiVA, id: diva2:1692633
Available from: 2022-09-02 Created: 2022-09-02 Last updated: 2023-03-03Bibliographically approved

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