TABLE 7.

Statements from the parties responsible for collection section among the professional group.

Statement	Consensus percentage	Direction
Outcomes are best collected by the client’s own hearing care professional because outstanding problems experienced by the client can be responded to more readily	60%	Agree
Outcome should be collected by a third party independent of the hearing care organisation to avoid the potential for bias	50%	Agree
Clients will be more honest if outcomes are collected by someone independent of their hearing care organisation	43%	Agree
Outcomes are best collected by the client’s own hearing care professional because the client is familiar with the hearing care professional and they are familiar with the client	33%	Agree
Outcomes should be collected by hearing advocacy groups because they are less likely to show any bias	33%	Disagree
Outcomes should be collected by hearing care professionals because they are less likely to show any bias	37%	Disagree
A Government body, e.g., the Hearing Services Program is the best placed group to collect outcomes	50%	Disagree

For each statement, the consensus percentage is given, along with the direction in which that consensus percentage was calculated. For example, for the first item, 60% of people rated the item as Agree or Strongly Agree, and a smaller percentage rated it as either Disagree or Strongly Disagree.