Research Article
Self-Reported Benefit and Satisfaction with a Beamforming Body-Worn Hearing Aid for Elderly Adults
Table 3
IOI-HA scores for all question items for three visits.
| Question item | Visit | Score (All subjects) | Score (Prior HA use) n=22 | Score (No prior HA use) n=17 |
| Use | First | 3.60 | 3.77 | 3.24 |
| Use | Second | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.53 |
| Use | Third | 3.67 | 3.86 | 3.35 |
| Benefit | First | 3.30 | 3.59 | 2.94 |
| Benefit | Second | 3.84 | 3.86 | 3.88 |
| Benefit | Third | 3.93 | 4.05 | 3.88 |
| Residual difficulty | First | 3.67 | 3.68 | 3.76 |
| Residual difficulty | Second | 3.74 | 3.86 | 3.71 |
| Residual difficulty | Third | 3.70 | 3.82 | 3.65 |
| Satisfaction | First | 3.28 | 3.45 | 3.06 |
| Satisfaction | Second | 3.86 | 4.09 | 3.65 |
| Satisfaction | Third | 3.95 | 4.23 | 3.76 |
| Residual participation restriction | First | 3.79 | 3.86 | 3.76 |
| Residual participation restriction | Second | 3.86 | 4 | 3.82 |
| Residual participation restriction | Third | 3.88 | 4.05 | 3.88 |
| Impact on others | First | 4.02 | 4.18 | 3.88 |
| Impact on others | Second | 3.95 | 4.05 | 4 |
| Impact on others | Third | 3.93 | 4.05 | 3.82 |
| Quality of life change | First | 3.51 | 3.73 | 3.24 |
| Quality of life change | Second | 3.79 | 3.95 | 3.65 |
| Quality of life change | Third | 3.95 | 4.05 | 3.88 |
| Mean overall score | First | 3.59 | 3.74 | 3.41 |
| Mean overall score | Second | 3.83 | 3.95 | 3.75 |
| Mean overall score | Third | 3.86 | 4.01 | 3.75 |
| ANOVA comparison of mean scores over three sessions | ā | F(2,80)=10.53, p<.001 | F(2,40)=4.34, p=.02 | F(2,30)=9.22, p<.001 |
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