Factors Associated With Frequency and Hours of Daily Hearing Aid Use in the United States [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investigative OtolaryngologyObjective To identify factors associated with the frequency and hours of daily hearing aid (HA) use in the United States. Methods Adults with hearing loss participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; 2011–2020) were ...
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Gender differences in self-reported hearing loss and hearing aid use: a cross-national comparison [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthBackground Objective measurements estimated that 1.57 billion people globally had hearing loss in 2019. However, where audiologists are sparse, self-reported measures have been suggested as alternatives to assess burden.
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Association Between Hearing Aid Use and Physical Activity Levels in Older Adults with Hearing Loss [PDF]
Audiology ResearchBackground/Objectives: Few studies have examined the relationship between hearing aid use and physical activity levels, yielding inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to determine the possible association between hearing aid use and physical ...
José Ramos-Rojas +4 more
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SATISFACTION WITH THE USE OF HEARING AIDS IN EVERYDAY LIFE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [PDF]
Human Research in Rehabilitation, 2023 The aim of this work was to investigate the qualitative characteristics of hearing aid users (satisfaction with the use of hearing aids in everyday life) and to determine if there are any differences compared to published research in the literature ...
Esad H. Mahmutovic +2 more
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Effect of changes in the hearing aid subsidy on the prevalence of hearing loss in South Korea
Frontiers in Neurology, 2023 ObjectivesSouth Korea's National Health Insurance has provided hearing aids to registered individuals with hearing disabilities since 1989. In 2015, hearing aid subsidies increased to approximately US$1,000.
Chul Young Yoon +7 more
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Real-World Hearing Aid Usage Patterns and Smartphone Connectivity
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 Data for monitoring individual hearing aid usage has historically been limited to retrospective questionnaires or data logged intrinsically in the hearing aid cumulatively over time (e. g., days or more).
Jeppe Høy Christensen +3 more
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The trend in adoption of hearing aids following changes in provision policy in South Korea
Scientific Reports, 2022 The Korean government started to cover part of the price of hearing aids ($200) for individuals with hearing disabilities in 1997, and the reimbursement for a hearing aid increased in 2005 ($300) and again in 2015 ($1000).
Hayoung Byun +4 more
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Clustering Users Based on Hearing Aid Use: An Exploratory Analysis of Real-World Data
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 While the assessment of hearing aid use has traditionally relied on subjective self-reported measures, smartphone-connected hearing aids enable objective data logging from a large number of users.
Alessandro Pasta +9 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Background noise and reverberation levels in typical classrooms have negative effects on speech recognition, but their effects on listening effort and fatigue are less well understood.
Erin M. Picou +6 more
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In-situ hearing threshold estimation using Gaussian process classification
Scientific Reports, 2023 One in six Americans suffers from hearing loss. While treatment with amplification is possible for many, the acceptance rate of hearing aids is low. Poor device fitting is one of the reasons.
Christopher Boven +5 more
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