Table 5.
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.