Table 1.
Questionnaire items.
| Domain and question No. | Question | |
| HMDa headset | ||
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1 | How is the physical comfort of the device? |
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2 | How heavy is the device? |
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3 | Does the visualization (café) match well with the audio? |
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4 | How is the sound quality? |
| VSHMDb condition | ||
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5 | Without hearing aids: How immersive was the virtual space? Did you feel like you were in a real café? |
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5-1 | With hearing aids: How immersive was the virtual space? Did you feel like you were in a real café? |
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6 | Without hearing aids: How much effort did you have to spend to understand speech? |
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6-1 | With hearing aids: How much effort did you have to spend to understand speech? |
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7 | How much did the virtual space (café) reflect reality? |
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8 | Does the virtual reality technology need to be used for clinical testing? |
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9 | Was the café an appropriate place to use as the virtual space? |
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10 | Was the test structured to be easily understood? |
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11 | Was the test interesting? |
| Tests | ||
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12 | Which test do you prefer the most? |
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13 | Which test required the most amount of effort for listening? |
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14 | Which test would encourage hearing aid use? |
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15 | Which test would assess communication difficulties better? |
| cK-HINTc versus VSHMD condition | ||
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16 | Describe any differences between conventional testing (without visual cues) and the VSHMD (visualization through the headset). |
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17 | Describe strengths and weaknesses of conventional testing (without visual cues) and the VSHMD (visualization through the headset). |
aHMD: head-mounted display.
bVSHMD: virtual space head-mounted display.
ccK-HINT: conventional Korean version of the Hearing in Noise Test.