Developing a parent education and support smartphone application for pediatric hearing aid management in partnership with parents and audiologists
Insights and feedback from end-users provided valuable contributions in the development process of the hearing aid education and support App. The App represents a new approach for reaching parents of children who use hearing aids, offering a structured or flexible learning pathway, based on parent preference. Future research will demonstrate usability, acceptability, and feasibility for use in practice, further informing development of the App, and will provide insights into outcomes for parents and hearing aid use for children.
Authors
- Sharad Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1119-8660)
- Casey J. Clay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6268-6779)
- Michael P. Twohig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2936-5962)
- Danielle Glista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-3312)
- Karen Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3936-1079)
- Sara Kennedy
- J. A. Schnittker
- Janet DesGeorges
- Hunter Lovell
Institutions
- Utah State University (US)
- Utah State Hospital (US)
- Systems Analytics (United States) (US)
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (FR)
- Sonova (Switzerland) (CH)
- National Centre for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Published
- 2026-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2026.2633525
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00