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Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective
Dissertation (MA (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/100721 Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective Swanepoel, De Wet r.avierinos@gmail.com Manchaiah, Vinaya Oosthuizen, Ilze Le Roux, Talita Avierinos, Ruth Jayne UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Hearing loss Hearing aid outcome Hearing aid use Meaningful life changes Hearing aid difficulties Adult hearing aid user Dissertation (MA (Audiology))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Objective: This study aimed to explore meaningful life changes due to hearing aid use in adult users. Design: A cross-sectional survey design was used with open-ended questions analysed using inductive qualitative content analysis. Study sample: US-based adult hearing aid users (n=653) from the Hearing Tracker website community and Lexie Hearing database. Results: Participants had a mean age of 65.4 years (13.6 SD), including 61.2% males, 38.3% females (0.5% other). Analysis of 2122 meaning units from responses identified two broad domains: 'meaningful benefits' (n=1709; 80.5%) and 'remaining difficulties' (n=413; 19.5%). The meaningful benefits domain included five categories (27 sub-categories): (a) psychosocial benefits, (b) improvements in hearing, (c) personal benefits, (d) hearing aid features and connectivity, and (e) situational benefits. Participants reported enhanced relationships and improved occupational functioning as key benefits. The remaining difficulties domain contained four categories (25 sub-categories): (a) hearing aid limitations, (b) hearing and communication issues, (c) situational difficulties, and (d) personal issues. Notable difficulties included hearing aid design issues and challenges in noisy environments. Conclusion: Hearing aid users reported diverse benefits and persistent challenges related to device use, illustrating the complexity of their lived experiences. These findings can inform empathetic, effective rehabilitation strategies and user-centric hearing aid technologies. Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology MA (Audiology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-03: Good health and well-being 2025-02-11T17:48:44Z 2025-02-11T17:48:44Z 2025-04 2024-08 Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100721 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.26869999.v1 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Hearing loss Hearing aid outcome Hearing aid use Meaningful life changes Hearing aid difficulties Adult hearing aid user Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title | Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title_full | Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title_fullStr | Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title_short | Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use : a qualitative user perspective |
| title_sort | meaningful life changes following hearing aid use a qualitative user perspective |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Hearing loss Hearing aid outcome Hearing aid use Meaningful life changes Hearing aid difficulties Adult hearing aid user |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/100721 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.26869999.v1 |