Validation of a Bluetooth Self-Fitting Device for People With Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss in Quiet or Noisy Environments.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of a Bluetooth self-fitting device using an in situ hearing screening test and self-fitting processes. Method: Thirty Mandarin-speaking individuals (16 men and 14 women) with mild-to-moderate hearing loss participated in this study. The...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Audiology Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 882 - 895 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Sep2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=179449872&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 179449872 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10590889 5KS jtl: American Journal of Audiology issn: 10590889 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2024 vid: 33 iid: 3 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 179449872 179449872 179449872 10.1044/2024_AJA-23-00230 179449872 ppf: 882 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Validation of a Bluetooth Self-Fitting Device for People With Mild-to-Moderate Hearing Loss in Quiet or Noisy Environments. aug: au: Hung-Yue Chang Tun-Shin Lo affil: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan sug: subj: Hearing Disorders Severity of Illness Noise Wireless Communications Equipment and Supplies Hearing Aid Fitting Hearing Screening Smartphone Human Male Female Adult Middle Age Funding Source Audiometry Speech Perception Questionnaires Consumer Satisfaction Descriptive Statistics Sensitivity and Specificity Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Data Analysis Software Analysis of Variance Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Univariate Statistics Logistic Regression Chi Square Test Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefits of a Bluetooth self-fitting device using an in situ hearing screening test and self-fitting processes. Method: Thirty Mandarin-speaking individuals (16 men and 14 women) with mild-to-moderate hearing loss participated in this study. The hearing screening test was conducted using neckband earphones of a Bluetooth self-fitting device controlled by a smartphone app. The hearing screening tests were compared with the pure-tone audiometry in an audiometric booth. The amplification benefits of the self-fitting program-aided condition were evaluated and compared with those of unaided and preset program-aided conditions using the Mandarin Hearing in Noise Test (MHINT) and questionnaires. Results: The pure-tone audiometry and hearing screening test results exhibited strong positive correlations at all test frequencies. In the environment with 90° noise, the sentence reception thresholds (SRTs) obtained for the self-fitting program-aided condition were significantly lower (p = .032) than those obtained for the unaided condition, whereas no significant difference was observed between the preset program-aided and the unaided conditions. Moreover, the participants' satisfaction ratings for the devices were consistent with their MHINT results, with a strong positive correlation observed between satisfaction with self-fitting and user satisfaction in smartphone app's control, functionality, and learning. Younger participants were significantly more satisfied in learning to use the app. Conclusions: Bluetooth self-fitting devices can be used for simplified in situ hearing screenings with a sensitivity of 90.4%. The satisfaction ratings and improvements in SRTs indicate significant clinical benefits of the self-fitting program compared with the preset program, particularly in the 90°-noise environments. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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