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Gender differences in self-reported hearing loss and hearing aid use: a cross-national comparison. [PDF]
BMJ Glob 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.
Lam A, Vierboom YC, West JS.
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Factors Associated With Frequency and Hours of Daily Hearing Aid Use in the United States. [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investig OtolaryngolObjective 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 ...
Qu RW +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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Trends in Hearing, 2021 Suboptimal hearing aid use negatively impacts health and well-being. The aim of this study was to conduct a controlled trial of a behavior change intervention to promote hearing aid use. This study was a quasi-randomized controlled trial with two arms. A
Afzarini H. Ismail +4 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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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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Trends in Hearing, 2020 Dissatisfaction with the sound of one’s own voice is common among hearing-aid users. Little is known regarding how hearing impairment and hearing aids separately affect own-voice perception.
Johanna Hengen +2 more
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Emotional Responses to Non-Speech Sounds for Hearing-aid and Bimodal Cochlear-Implant Listeners
Trends in Hearing, 2022 The purpose of this project was to evaluate differences between groups and device configurations for emotional responses to non-speech sounds. Three groups of adults participated: 1) listeners with normal hearing with no history of device use, 2) hearing
Marina M. Tawdrous +3 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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