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. 2021 Nov 5;7(4):e30873. doi: 10.2196/30873

Table 2.

Device use across profession, generation, and years of experience.


Computer Smartphone Tablet e-Reader MP3 Virtual reality equipment Game console Other
Profession (number of participants), n (%)

Physicians 34 (100) 20 (59) 16 (47) 2 (6) 2 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

SLPsa 71 (99) 58 (81) 40 (56) 3 (42) 4 (5) 1 (1) 0 (0) 2 (3)

SLP students 43 (100) 38 (88) 17 (40) 1 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (7)

Medical students 20 (95) 21 (100) 17 (81) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Generation (number of participants), n (%)

Generation Z 56 (98) 53 (93) 31 (54) 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

Generation Y 64 (100) 55 (86) 30 (47) 0 (0) 3 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (6)

Generation X 34 (97) 23 (66) 23 (66) 3 (9) 3 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3)

Baby boomer 14 (100) 6 (43) 6 (43) 1 (7) 0 (0) 1 (7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Experience (years), n (%)

0b 60 (98) 55 (90) 32 (52) 2 (3) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (3)

1-5 40 (100) 37 (93) 19 (48) 2 (5) 2 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3)

6-10 15 (100) 12 (80) 9 (60) 0 (0) 2 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7)

11-15 11 (100) 10 (91) 6 (55) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

16-20 18 (95) 10 (53) 13 (68) 1 (5) 2 (11) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (5)

>20 24 (100) 13 (54) 11 (46) 2 (8) 0 (0) 1 (4) 0 (0) 0 (0)

aSLPs: speech-language pathologists.

bStill studying.