Refinement and Validation of a New Patient-Reported Experience Measure for Hearing Loss (My Hearing PREM).

ABSTRACT:

Context

Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) generate insights into daily challenges experienced when living with a chronic condition and experiences of care. There are no validated PREMs to measure the experience of hearing loss.

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly developed tool, 'My Hearing PREM', designed to assess the experience of living with hearing loss and receiving audiology care.

Setting and participants

Adults with hearing loss (n = 401) were recruited from audiology clinics in Scotland and England, and non-clinical routes such as lip-reading classes, clinical research networks, national charity links and social media.

Design

Participants completed a 27-item PREM alongside validated scales t

SUBMITTER: Smith SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11909470 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature