Pediatrics (P)
Allison R. Ocel, BA (she/her/hers)
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Disclosure(s): Pediatric Audiology Lab: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)
Connor Kaminski, BS (he/him/his)
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Iowa
Hamilton, New Jersey
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Margaret Dallapiazza, AuD (she/her/hers)
Research Audiologist
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Disclosure(s): University of Iowa: Employment (Ongoing)
Ryan McCreery, PhD (he/him/his)
Vice President of Research
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Disclosure(s): Boys Town: Employment (Ongoing)
Elizabeth Walker, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Disclosure(s): National Institutes of Health: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
Meredith Spratford, AuD (she/her/hers)
Research Audiologist
Boys Town National Research Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska
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We examined the feasibility of ecological momentary assessments in adolescents with hearing loss and adolescents with typical hearing. We examined factors related to momentary or daily fatigue in adolescents, measuring amount of daily hearing aid use in adolescents with hearing loss, and comparing listening effort levels in adolescents with hearing loss relative to their same-age peers with typical hearing.
Summary:
The primary aim of this presentation is to assess the feasibility of conducting ecological momentary assessments (EMA) with adolescents. Additional aims include characterizing variability in hearing device use within adolescents who have mild to severe HL determining whether adolescents with HL demonstrate more listening fatigue or listening effort than adolescents with typical hearing and examining the association between hearing device use and listening fatigue and listening effort in adolescents with HL. Rationale: Childhood hearing loss (HL) is associated with communication delays. Previous research suggests that hearing devices can ameliorate the negative effects of reduced hearing and facilitate developmental outcomes (Heinrichs-Graham et al., 2021; Tomblin et al. 2020; Walker et al., 2020). However, these studies evaluate hearing deficits and the benefits of hearing devices in controlled lab settings; thus, they lack ecological validity because they are not representative of real-world listening experiences. The current presentation seeks to determine the feasibility of using ecological momentary assessments (EMA) with adolescents with and without HL. EMA uses repeated assessments of individual listening situations in real-world environments via smartphone technology. Feasibility of EMA procedures with adults who have HL has been clearly demonstrated in the literature (Wu et al., 2020). The expected outcome is that this pilot study will fill a knowledge gap about the benefit of hearing devices in managing listening demands in the real world for adolescents with HL. These data will provide evidence to support science-based (re)habilitation approaches and education planning decisions to improve long-term outcomes for adolescents with HL.
Objectives:
Design: Participants will include adolescents (14-18 years of age) with hearing loss and an age- and socioeconomic status-matched group of adolescents with typical hearing. Participants will be provided with smartphones that are configured to run a specified EMA protocol. The EMA protocols will occur for seven continuous days. Participants will respond to up to 8 surveys a day during the week. Each survey will take approximately 2 minutes to complete. The surveys ask about participants’ current listening environments, listening effort and fatigue, and hearing device use.
Results: Data collection is currently underway. Preliminary data will be analyzed before the presentation deadline.
Discussion: Key findings will be discussed based on results of data analysis and be prepared prior to the presentation deadline.Learning Objectives: