Reasons for hearing aid uptake in the United States: a qualitative analysis of open-text responses from a large-scale survey of user-perspectives.

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

International Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-22 DOI:10.1080/14992027.2023.2279513

Megan Knoetze, Eldre Beukes, Vinaya Manchaiah, Ilze Oosthuizen, De Wet Swanepoel

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to explore the main reasons for hearing aid uptake from a user perspective and recommendations to others with hearing difficulties.

Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used. Responses to a single open-ended question were analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Study sample: Participants (n = 642) included adult hearing aid users sampled from the Hearing Tracker website community and Lexie Hearing user databases in the United States.

Results: Participants had a mean age of 65.4 years (13.7 SD) and included 61.8% males, 37.7% females, 0.3% non-binary, and 0.2% preferred not to say. Reasons for hearing aid uptake were categorised into three domains (personal impact, social difficulties, and auditory difficulties), containing 11 main categories and 48 sub-categories. User recommendations to others with hearing difficulties constituted eight main categories (timely help, trial period, support, affordability, technology, direct-to-consumer hearing aids, adjustments, and advocacy) and 32 sub-categories.

Conclusions: The decision to take up hearing aids included intrinsic factors like readiness to change and extrinsic factors such as the availability of finances. The most frequent recommendation to others was not to delay seeking hearing help and to get hearing aids. Our findings may support strategies to facilitate behaviour change for improved hearing aid uptake.

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美国使用助听器的原因:从用户角度进行大规模调查的开放文本回应的定性分析。

目的:本研究旨在从用户的角度探讨助听器使用的主要原因，并向其他听力困难的人推荐助听器。设计:采用横断面调查设计。对单个开放式问题的回答使用定性内容分析进行分析。研究样本:参与者(n = 642)包括从美国听力跟踪网站社区和Lexie听力用户数据库中抽取的成年助听器用户。结果:参与者的平均年龄为65.4岁(13.7 SD)，包括61.8%的男性，37.7%的女性，0.3%的非二元性，0.2%的不愿意说。使用助听器的原因分为三个方面(个人影响、社交困难和听觉困难)，包含11个主要类别和48个次要类别。用户对其他听障人士的建议包括8个主要类别(及时帮助、试用期、支持、可负担性、技术、直接面向消费者的助听器、调整和倡导)和32个小类别。结论:佩戴助听器的决定包括改变意愿等内在因素和经济状况等外在因素。对其他人最常见的建议是不要延迟寻求听力帮助并获得助听器。我们的研究结果可能支持促进行为改变的策略，以改善助听器的吸收。

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International Journal of Audiology 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

14.80%

发文量

133

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Audiology is committed to furthering development of a scientifically robust evidence base for audiology. The journal is published by the British Society of Audiology, the International Society of Audiology and the Nordic Audiological Society.