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Amplification and Assistive Devices (AAD)

RP310 - Predictors of Hearing Aid Outcomes: Social Networks, Mental Health, and Service-Delivery Models

Friday, April 21, 2023
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
Location: Rooms 602-604 ** 705 Pike
Earn 0.05 CEUs

    Presenter(s)

  • Vinaya Manchaiah, AuD, MBA, PhD

    Professor, Director of Audiology
    University of Colorado School of Medicine
    Denver, Colorado

    Disclosure(s): Decibel Theraputics: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

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    • Lead Presenter(s)

  • Bopane B. Mothemela, BSc; MMENVC (he/him/his)

    PHD student and Clinical Lecturer
    University of Pretoria
    Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
    Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

    • Contributor(s)

  • Faheema Mahomed-Asmail, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria
    University of Pretoria
    Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
    Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

  • De Wet Swanepoel, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria
    University of Pretoria
    Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
    Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

  • Marien A. Graham, PhD (she/her/hers)

    University of Pretoria

    Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant financial relationships with anything to disclose.
    Non-Financial Disclosures: I do not have any relevant non-financial relationships with anything to disclose.

Abstract:
The research to be presented has explored recent factors influencing hearing aid outcomes, focusing mostly on recent come up factors influence by introduction of new service delivery models and evolving patient needs.

Summary:
Background
Factors influencing hearing aid outcomes such as hearing sensitivity, age and gender have been widely studied but factors such as social networks, mental health and service delivery models have limited investigations.

Purpose
This study aimed to identify and describe factors that influence hearing aid outcomes including social networks, mental health and service delivery model.

Methods
A prospective cross-sectional survey design was used to explore factors that predict hearing aid outcomes. An online Qualtrics survey was sent to hearing aid users on an online platform (www.hearingtracker.com) during October and November 2021. The survey contained questions on patient demographics, audiological, general health and social factors, and self-reported hearing aid outcomes using the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA). Regression models evaluated potential predictors of hearing aid outcomes on the IOI-HA.

Results
398 hearing aid users completed the survey with an average age of 66.6 (13. SD) years of which 59.3% were male. Hearing aid benefit and satisfaction (IOI-HA total score) was predicted by social networks of people with hearing loss with (p < .010; 0.03 Exp B [0.01-0.1 95% CI])/without hearing aids (P < .001; -0.1 Exp B [-0.3-0.1] 95% CI), mental health (P < 0.05; 0.6 EP B [0.01-1.2] 95% CI), service delivery model (P < .003 Exp B[-2.6-0.5] 95% CI), work situation (p < .001; 1.9 Exp B [0.7-2.8 95% CI]), quality of life (P < .005; 1.2 Exp B [0.3-1.1] 95% CI) and self-reported hearing difficulty (P < .02; 0.8) Exp B [0.2-1.5)] 95% CI).

Conclusion
Social network defined as exposure to persons with hearing loss using hearing aids, mental health, service delivery model and work situation have been identified as important factors predicting hearing aid outcomes. These newly identified factors can inform and support optimal with hearing aid outcomes.

Keywords
Hearing loss, Hearing aid, Outcomes, Use, Benefit, Satisfaction

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion of the research, participants must be able to identify recent come up factors influencing patient hearing aid outcomes.
  • Additionally, participants must be able to determine how this factors influence daily clinical practice.
  • Furthermore, participants must see a need for further exploration of this factors for build up of evidence.