Consumer Perspectives for a Future Mobile App to Document Real-World Listening Difficulties: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

By enabling individuals with hearing loss to collect their own hearing data in their personal real-world settings, there is scope to improve clinical care, empower consumers, and support shared clinical decision-making and problem-solving. Clinician support for this approach has been established in a separate study.

Objective

This study aims to explore, for consumers with hearing loss, their (1) experiences of listening difficulties, to identify the data an app could usefully collect; (2) preferences regarding the features of mobile apps in general; and (3) opinions on the potential value and desirable features of a yet-to-be designed app for documenting listening difficulties in real-world settings.

Methods

A total of 3 focus groups involved 27 adults who

SUBMITTER: Galvin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303898 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature