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. 2018 Nov 19;27(3 Suppl):403–416. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJA-IMIA3-18-0009

Table 5.

Person with hearing impairment (PHI) levels of interest and willingness to invest time and effort in using different digital solutions.

Level of interest Investment Identifiers Features
1. No go None Training schedules Scheduled training packages
2. Automatization Low Fix my HI Automatic hearing aid updates
Automatic hearing aid fine-tuning
3. Nice to have Medium Quick and easy info
Monitoring
Sharing experiences
Empowerment in a group
FAQs
Testimonials from other users on specific problems
Many self-tests for instance on speech intelligibility and HI
Monitor and relate your test results to other PHIs
Share self-tests or experiences with SOs, AUDs, or a group
4. Need to have High Situated and personalized support in important listening situations
Individual empowerment
Responsibility for HI
Customized important listening situations and support
Self-management and self-evaluation of a list of specific personal problematic listening situations
Audio files for easier problem description to AUDs
Self-exploration of and self–fine-tuning of hearing aids in specific individually important listening situations
Self-evaluation of developments and tests

Note. HI = hearing impairment; FAQs = frequently asked questions; SO = significant other; AUD = audiologist.