Knowledge and Expectations of Hearing Aid Apps Among Smartphone Users and Hearing Professionals: Cross-sectional Survey
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dc.contributor.author | Han, Jae Sang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Park, Yong-Ho | - |
dc.contributor.author | Song, Jae-Jun | - |
dc.contributor.author | Moon, Il Joon | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Woojoo | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Yoonjoong | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cho, Young Sang | - |
dc.contributor.author | Seo, Jae-Hyun | - |
dc.contributor.author | Park, Moo Kyun | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-28T18:41:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-28T18:41:16Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2022-04-28 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-01-27 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2291-5222 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/140473 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Despite the increasing prevalence of hearing loss, the cost and psychological barriers to the use of hearing aids may prevent their use in individuals with hearing loss. Patients with hearing loss can benefit from smartphone-based hearing aid apps (SHAAs), which are smartphone apps that use a mobile device as a sound amplifier. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine how ear, nose, and throat outpatients perceive SHAAs, analyze the factors that affect their perceptions, and estimate the costs of an annual subscription to an app through a self-administered questionnaire survey of smartphone users and hearing specialists Methods: This study used a cross-sectional, multicenter survey of both ear, nose, and throat outpatients and hearing specialists. The questionnaire was designed to collect personal information about the respondents and their responses to 18 questions concerning SHAAs in five domains: knowledge, needs, cost, expectations, and information. Perception questions were rated on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Questions about the expected cost of SHAAs were included in the questionnaire distributed to hearing experts. Results: Among the 219 smartphone users and 42 hearing specialists, only 8 (3.7%) respondents recognized SHAAs, whereas 18% (47/261) of respondents reported considering the use of an assistive device to improve their hearing capacity. The average perception score was 2.81 (SD 1.22). Among the factors that shaped perceptions of SHAAs, the needs category received the lowest scores (2.02, SD 1.42), whereas the cost category received the highest scores (3.29, SD 1.14). Age was correlated with the information domain (P<.001), and an increased level of hearing impairment resulted in significantly higher points in the needs category (P<.001). Patients expected the cost of an annual app subscription to an SHAA to be approximately US $86, and the predicted cost was associated with economic status (P=.02) and was higher than the prices expected by hearing specialists (P<.001). Conclusions: Outpatients expected SHAAs to cost more than hearing specialists. However, the perception of the SHAA was relatively low. In this regard, enhanced awareness is required to popularize SHAAs. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | - |
dc.subject | AMPLIFICATION | - |
dc.subject | ADULTS | - |
dc.subject | DEVICES | - |
dc.title | Knowledge and Expectations of Hearing Aid Apps Among Smartphone Users and Hearing Professionals: Cross-sectional Survey | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Song, Jae-Jun | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.2196/27809 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-85122962931 | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000766786900009 | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH, v.10, no.1 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH | - |
dc.citation.title | JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH | - |
dc.citation.volume | 10 | - |
dc.citation.number | 1 | - |
dc.type.rims | ART | - |
dc.type.docType | Article | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scie | - |
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass | scopus | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Health Care Sciences & Services | - |
dc.relation.journalResearchArea | Medical Informatics | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Health Care Sciences & Services | - |
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory | Medical Informatics | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | AMPLIFICATION | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | ADULTS | - |
dc.subject.keywordPlus | DEVICES | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | smartphone | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | hearing aids | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | app | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | perception | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | survey | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | hearing loss | - |
dc.subject.keywordAuthor | mobile phone | - |
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