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User Preferences For Hearing Aid Features: Outcomes, Concepts, And Test Construction, Hasan Saleh
User Preferences For Hearing Aid Features: Outcomes, Concepts, And Test Construction, Hasan Saleh
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Modern hearing aids can vary in both digital signal processing (DSP) and non-signal processing (non-DSP) features. The complexity and availability of these features can differ at opposite ends of the technology spectrum, potentially influencing aided benefit and preference. Furthermore, the amount of feature choices in modern hearing aids has led to increasing complexity in the selection process.
The first aim of this dissertation was to investigate the aided benefit and preference differences between premium and entry-level hearing aids, and to investigate the drivers of any preference differences. No significant differences were found between the entry-level and premium hearing aids in …