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Focusing on positive listening experiences improves hearing aid outcomes in first-time hearing aid users: a
Dina Lelic1, Petra Herrlin2, Florian Wolters2
1WS Audiology, Lynge, Denmark.
Objective:
The objective of this study was to investigate whether positive focus (PF), an intervention that asks hearing aid users to focus on positive listening experiences, improves hearing aid outcomes for first-time hearing aid users.
Design:
The participants were randomised into a control or PF group. They were fitted with hearing aids and followed for six months after fitting. The PF group was asked to report positive listening experiences in their daily life via an app. Participants in both groups were periodically prompted by the app to answer questionnaires about hearing aid satisfaction and benefit. Two follow-up visits at approximately one and six months were performed.
Study Sample:
20 adult first-time hearing aid users in the control and 18 in the PF group.
Results:
Hearing aid satisfaction and benefit scores were significantly better in the PF group, already at two weeks and throughout the six months. In the PF group, the hearing aid outcomes were positively correlated with the number of submitted positive reports.
Conclusions:
These results point to the importance of asking first-time hearing aid users to focus on positive listening experiences and to reflect upon them. This can lead to improved short- and long-term hearing aid outcomes.
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