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Perception and expectations of personal sound amplification products in Korea: A hospital-based, multi-center, cross-sectional surveyopen access

Authors
Han, Jae SangKim, YeonjiPark, Moo KyunSong, Jae-JunMoon II, JoonLee, WoojooCho, Young SangSeo, Jae-HyunPark, Yong-Ho
Issue Date
2022
Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Citation
PLOS ONE, v.17, no.5
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Journal Title
PLOS ONE
Volume
17
Number
5
URI
https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/146077
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0269123
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
ObjectivesThe objective of this study was to investigate current perception and expected price of personal sound amplification products (PSAPs) and to analyze influencing factors through multi-center hospital-based surveys of outpatients, caregivers, and hearing experts. MethodsA multi-center exploratory cross-sectional study was conducted in two groups of respondents with two separate surveys: 1) a perception survey of patients and caregivers who visited an otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic in 5 general hospitals and 2) an opinion survey of hearing specialists about the expected price of PSAPs. A total of 197 outpatient visitors responded to the perception survey, and 42 hearing specialists responded to the opinion survey. ResultsOverall perception score (18 questions) was 3.04 (95% CI, 3.00-3.09). When 5 categories of perception (knowledge, needs, cost, expectation, and information categories) were analyzed, cost and expectation showed the highest scores of 3.33 (95% CI, 3.21-3.44) and 3.33 (95% CI, 3.27-3.40), respectively, and needs showed the lowest score of 2.23 (95% CI, 1.97-2.49). The >= 60-year-old group showed significantly higher perception of PSAPs (P = 0.002), and the individuals with greater severity of subjective hearing loss showed significantly higher perception of PSAPs (P = 0.002). The expected price of PSAPs of the outpatient visitors was 933.9 USD (95% CI, 811.9-1056.0) per ear. Mean expected price of PSAPs of hearing specialists was 291.3 USD (95% CI, 238.2-344.3) per ear. ConclusionThe perception rate of PSAPs was very low, and there was a discrepancy in the expected price of PSAPs between patients/caregivers and hearing experts. Hearing specialists should make effort to improve perception of PSAPs.
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