Psychosocial factors affecting hearing aid adjustment

Authors

  • Derya Ceylan GN Resound, Lautrupbjerg 7, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark
  • Wiebke Annett Hudemann Gentofte Hospital, Niels Andersensvej 65, DK-290, Hellerup, Danmark
  • Guillaume LeRay DELTA Senselab, Venlighedsvej 4 DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark
  • Carsten Daugaard DELTA, Technical-Audiological Laboratory, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Abstract

This presentation outlines the answers from a questionnaire sent out to more than 800 users with hearing aids dispensed from public clinics in Denmark in the autumn of 2010. Answers indicate a generally high satisfaction and usage time with the dispensed hearing aids, and that this satisfaction, as expected, correlates with factors related to especially expectation, motivation, personal skills of the fitter, and user friendliness of the hearing instrument. All in all the answers from this quite large population offers a quantitative insight into the non technical factors that also affects hearing aid fitting.

References

Bisgaard, S. (2010). “Coping with emergent hearing loss, Expectations and Experiences of new, adult hearing aid users. An anthropological study in Denmark” Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaften.

Ceylan, D. and Hudemann, W. (2011). “A questionnaire: Satisfaction by using hearing Aids - according to the psychosocial aspects expectations, motivation, social life, getting use to and instruction” Master Thesis, University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Humanities.

Additional Files

Published

2011-12-15

How to Cite

Ceylan, D., Hudemann, W. A., LeRay, G., & Daugaard, C. (2011). Psychosocial factors affecting hearing aid adjustment. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, 3, 417–424. Retrieved from https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2011-48

Issue

Vol. 3 (2011): Speech Perception and Auditory Disorders

Section

2011/4. Recent concepts in hearing-instrument processing and fitting

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