Knowledge and Expectations of Hearing Aid Apps Among Smartphone Users and Hearing Professionals: Cross-sectional Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing prevalence of hearing loss, the cost and psychological barriers to the use of hearing aids may prevent their use in individuals with hearing loss. Patients with hearing loss can benefit from smartphone-based hearing aid apps (SHAAs), which are smartphone apps that use a mobile device as a sound amplifier.

Objective

The aim of this study is to determine how ear, nose, and throat outpatients perceive SHAAs, analyze the factors that affect their perceptions, and estimate the costs of an annual subscription to an app through a self-administered questionnaire survey of smartphone users and hearing specialists.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional, multicenter survey of both ear, nose, and throat outpatients and hearing specialists. Th

SUBMITTER: Han JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature