LEARNING HEARING AID PREFERENCES FROM KEY COMPLEX LISTENING SITUATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

N. H. Pontoppidan; A. J.M. Sørensen; L. Havtorn; K. Sun; T. I. Szatmari; C. R. Shola

doi:10.61782/fa.2023.0512

LEARNING HEARING AID PREFERENCES FROM KEY COMPLEX LISTENING SITUATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

N. H. Pontoppidan^*
, A. J.M. Sørensen
, L. Havtorn
, K. Sun
, T. I. Szatmari
, C. R. Shola

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Individual hearing aid preferences can be investigated and estimated in several ways, by following comparative evaluation procedures in the lab, answering questionnaires about hearing experiences, psychoacoustic tests, real life comparisons and ratings (aka Ecological Momentary Assessment; EMA) and behavioral patterns just to name the most obvious ones in use in current fitting practice. In this study 29 experienced hearing aid users participated in a 4-6-week field trial using test hearing aids with two levels of noise reduction and two levels of high frequency amplification implemented as four programs. The participants were asked to evaluate all programs in their daily life and perform EMA at semi-regular intervals. The hearing aids also logged the acoustic context, program changes, and volume adjustments via the accompanying remote-control app. The data was logged as time stamped events to link ratings, programs, and context. At the end of the trial, all participants had the opportunity to update their ordinary hearing aids based on the experiences in the field trial. In this study we mainly focus on understanding the behavioral relationships between hearing aid settings, acoustic context, user ratings, and the individual preferences after the 4-week field trial.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of Forum Acusticum
Pages (from-to)	2403-2405
ISSN	2221-3767
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0512
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association - Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023 https://www.fa2023.org/

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Conference	10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association
Location	Politecnico di Torino
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	11/09/2023 → 15/09/2023
Internet address	https://www.fa2023.org/

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Personalized audiology
Acoustic context
Ecological momentary assessment
Real world behavior

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LEARNING HEARING AID PREFERENCES FROM KEY COMPLEX LISTENING SITUATIONS IN EVERYDAY LIFE

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