Comparison of In-Situ and Retrospective Self-Reports on Assessing Hearing Aid Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is a methodology involving repeated surveys to collect in-situ self-reports that describe respondents' current or recent experiences. Audiology literature comparing in-situ and retrospective self-reports is scarce.

Purpose

To compare the sensitivity of in-situ and retrospective self-reports in detecting the outcome difference between hearing aid technologies, and to determine the association between in-situ and retrospective self-reports.

Research design

An observational study.

Study sample

Thirty-nine older adults with hearing loss.

Data collection and analysis

The study was part of a larger clinical trial that compared the outcomes of a prototype hearing aid (denoted as HA1) and a commercially available

SUBMITTER: Wu YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9137389 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature