Associations Between Pre-Fitting Factors and 2-Year Hearing Aid Use Persistence, Derived From Health Records and Post-Fitting Battery Order Data of 284,175 US Veterans
Pre-fitting personal factors other than audiological ones have independent, and summatively major, influence on HA use persistence. While not being modifiable, some are potentially usable as flags for a differentiated approach to patient management.
Authors
- Lauren K. Dillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8631-1341)
- Gabrielle H. Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-0845)
- O. Zobay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0229-0668)
- Graham Naylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1544-1944)
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ear and Hearing
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001694
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.43