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Hearing aid Experiences of Adult Hearing aid Owners During and After Fitting: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies.
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PLUS-Optimal for Adults With Listening Difficulties: Investigating the Roles of Listening and Thinking Skills in Online Training Across Different Groups
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- A qualitative systematic review of the impact of hearing on quality of life.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Centered Hearing Intervention Leads to Positive Outcomes: The Association of Hearing Technology With Daily Hearing Aid Usage and Listening Goals in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study.American journal of audiology · 2026Trial
- A Multidimensional Comparison of Psychosocial Adjustment, Functional Hearing, and Device Benefit in Adult Hearing Device Users.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A novel approach to hearing amplification: audiometric outcomes from Nuance Audio over-the-counter hearing aid glasses.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2026Article
- Association between duration of hearing-aid use and frailty in community-dwelling older adults with hearing loss in Japan: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Health and disability assessment in individuals with hearing loss: a longitudinal study using WHODAS 2.0.CoDAS · 2026Observational
- Understanding Hearing Aid Use and Nonuse of Adult Hearing Aid Recipients: A Qualitative Content Analysis.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2026Article
- Establishing Linguistic Categories for Hearing Aid Experiences in Adults: A Modified Delphi Study.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2025Article
- Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Measure of Audiologic Rehabilitation Self-Efficacy for Hearing Aids (P-MARS-HA).Audiology research · 2025Article
- Patients' Experiences of an Active Transcutaneous Implant: The Bone Conduction Implant.Audiology & neuro-otology · 2025Article
- Auditory Profile-Based Hearing Aid Fitting: Self-Reported Benefit for First-Time Hearing Aid Users.Audiology research · 2024Article
- Real-life and real-time hearing aid experiences: Insights from self-initiated ecological momentary assessments and natural language analysis.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
There has been an increasing number of qualitative studies exploring the experiences and perceptions of adult hearing aid owners throughout their hearing aid journey. As these studies and reported experiences vary greatly, a systematic review was conducted to identify and synthesize the key concepts in adult hearing aid owners' experiences during and after fitting. A systematic search of three electronic databases was conducted, yielding 443 results. Articles were evaluated for inclusion based on pre-determined eligibility criteria, including conventional, smartphone-connected, and direct-to-consumer hearing devices. Twenty-five studies met the inclusion criteria. The quality of the included articles was evaluated using the Rating of Qualitative Research scale. Guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) and the Synthesis Without Meta-Analysis (SWiM) were followed. A narrative synthesis was conducted, and studies were grouped into three main domains, namely experiences of owners related to a) hearing aid adoption and fitting (n = 3), b) hearing aid use (n = 20), and c) hearing aid sub-optimal use (n = 25). Hearing aid owners mainly reported on how their attitude towards hearing aids affected experiences during the fitting stage. Improved psychosocial functioning was the most prevalent perceived benefit of hearing aid use. Owners described sub-optimal use in terms of hearing device-related and non-device-related concepts. The COM-B (capability, opportunity, motivation-behavior) model is used to discuss specific service-delivery, hearing-device, and hearing-aid-owner related concepts and clinical implications, including behavior change techniques to enhance understanding of the concepts that hearing aid owners perceive as essential to improve hearing aid experiences.
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