Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids

助听器的动态评估

基本信息

批准号：
6551439
负责人：
JOHN C BAIRD
金额：
$ 9.31万
依托单位：
PSYCHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, LLC
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2002
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2002-09-01 至 2003-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6551439
关键词：
clinical research computer human interaction computer program /software computer system design /evaluation hearing hearing aids hearing tests human subject measurement questionnaires satisfaction sound perception

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this Phase I proposal is to refine and field test a computerized judgment method called Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids (DAHA). This method uses an intuitive graphical computer interface to record visual analogue ratings of a patient's satisfaction with various features of his/her hearing aid. The results of each assessment are immediately and effortlessly available to the clinician. Both current and historical results, as well as normative data are easily available for each patient. The program will be available both in English and Spanish. At present, questionnaires are most commonly used, but drawbacks of these methods include laboriousness for both the patient and the person who administers and scores the scale, delayed availability of the results, difficulties in retrieval and comparison with earlier assessments for the same patient, and/or normative data. A successful pilot test of this new method has been conducted with 39 patients in a typical clinical setting, but the psychometric characteristics of the method, such as validity and reliability, have yet to be established. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The number of audiologists practicing in the US is approximately 7000 (source: American Academy of Audiology), and the number of people in the U.S. with hearing loss sufficient to affect daily living exceeds 25 million. Successful completion of the proposed project will fulfill the existing demand by providing computer assessment of perceived quality of hearing aids that can be used in a variety of areas of clinical practice, clinical research, as well as R&D and marketing for designers and manufacturers of hearing aid devices.

描述（由申请人提供）：第一阶段提案的目标是完善和现场测试一种称为助听器动态评估（DAHA）的计算机化判断方法。该方法使用直观的图形计算机界面来记录患者对其助听器的各种特征的满意度的视觉模拟评级。临床医生可以立即轻松地获得每次评估的结果。每个患者都可以轻松获得当前和历史结果以及规范数据。该计划将提供英语和西班牙语版本。目前，最常用的是问卷调查，但这些方法的缺点包括患者和量表的管理和评分人员都很费力、结果的可用性延迟、检索和与同一患者的早期评估进行比较困难，以及/或规范数据。这种新方法已在典型的临床环境中对 39 名患者进行了成功的试点测试，但该方法的心理测量特征，如有效性和可靠性，尚未确定。拟议的商业应用：在美国执业的听力学家数量约为 7000 名（来源：美国听力学会），美国听力损失足以影响日常生活的人数超过 2500 万。拟议项目的成功完成将通过提供助听器感知质量的计算机评估来满足现有需求，该评估可用于临床实践、临床研究以及助听器设计者和制造商的研发和营销等各个领域。设备。