Using Ecological Momentary Assessment to compare hearing aid outcomes

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Description

Measuring real world outcomes by self-report has typically been based on retrospective questionnaires such as IOI-HA, COSI, APHAB, etc. Drawbacks of retrospective self-report include recall bias and a lack of contextual resolution. EMA can overcome these because it allows repeated real-time real-world measurements, providing the potential to gather simultaneously both subjective and objective data about listening and the sound environment, providing high contextual resolution. Within the field of audiology, EMA has been used to assess listening difficulties in different soundscapes, user satisfaction and preferences for different hearing aid settings, and to compare outcomes measured using EMA with those measured using standard self-report questionnaires.

Study aims
Primary aim: Compare the Oticon OpnS and an Oticon More hearing aids.

Secondary aims: Compare the sensitivity of EMA with that of a standard self-report questionnaire to differentiate the two models of hearing aid and gain information about users’ experiences with use of EMA
Short titleR:KCA Ecological Momentary
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/06/2030/09/21

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