Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids

助听器的动态评估

• 批准号: 7204180
• 负责人: JOHN C BAIRD
• 金额: $ 39.59万
• 依托单位: PSYCHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2008-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7204180
• 关键词: Academy; Address; Affect; American; Arts; Audiology; Characteristics; Client satisfaction; Clinic; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinics and Hospitals; Computer software; Computers; Country; Daily; Data; Data Collection; Data Set; Databases; Devices; Employment; Ensure; Evaluation; Goals; Grant; Hearing Aids; Individual; Interview; Left; Licensing; Life; Manuals; Manufacturer Name; Marketing; Methods; Modeling; Nature; Numbers; Paper; Patient Rights; Patients; Persons; Phase; Physicians; Process; Property; Provider; Psychometrics; Pus; Questionnaires; Range; Rate; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Right-On; Score; Source; Specific qualifier value; Summary Reports; System; Techniques; Testing; Visual; Visual Analogue Pain Scale; Writing; analog; base; commercial application; computer center; data management; graphical user interface; hearing impairment; improved; instrument; psychologic; research and development; satisfaction; software development; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The focus of this Phase II proposal is a computer-based method called the Dynamic Assessment of Hearing Aids (DAHA). The method uses an intuitive graphical interface to record visual analogue ratings of a patient's satisfaction with various facets of his/her hearing aid(s). The results of each assessment are immediately available to the clinician. The hearing aid provider can select from a variety of normative data sets and different report formats to summarize the assessment for a single patient. The patient receives a written report summarizing the salient aspects of their hearing aids leading to satisfaction or dissatisfaction. These are available either in a default mode or as selections to meet the needs of individual patients or groups of patients. The software is available both in English and Spanish. Phase I of this project established the method's psychometric properties of concurrent validity and test-retest reliability, as well as patient acceptability. The main research objective of Phase II is to develop an initial normative database for DAHA and to integrate state-of-the art database management and data presentation tools into the DAHA system. The secondary objective is to field test the DAHA in a clinical setting, in order to determine its utility to providers and patients who are evaluating hearing aids. At present, questionnaires and interview techniques are commonly used to obtain patient ratings of their opinions about their hearing aids. The drawbacks of these methods include laboriousness for both the patient and the person who administers and scores the instrument, delayed availability of results, and difficulties in making comparisons with selected subpopulations. 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 an existing need by providing computer assessments of the perceived quality of hearing aids that can be used in a variety of clinical and research settings, including R&D and marketing for designers and manufacturers of hearing aid devices.

描述（由申请人提供）：第二阶段提案的重点是一种基于计算机的方法，称为助听器动态评估（DAHA）。该方法使用直观的图形界面来记录患者对其助听器各个方面的满意度的视觉模拟评级。每次评估的结果均可立即提供给临床医生。助听器提供者可以从各种规范数据集和不同的报告格式中进行选择，以总结对单个患者的评估。患者会收到一份书面报告，总结了助听器的满意或不满意的主要方面。这些可以在默认模式下使用，也可以作为选择来满足个别患者或患者组的需求。该软件有英语和西班牙语版本。该项目的第一阶段确定了该方法的同时有效性和重测可靠性以及患者可接受性的心理测量特性。第二阶段的主要研究目标是开发 DAHA 的初始规范数据库，并将最先进的数据库管理和数据呈现工具集成到 DAHA 系统中。第二个目标是在临床环境中对 DAHA 进行现场测试，以确定其对评估助听器的提供者和患者的效用。目前，通常使用问卷调查和访谈技术来获取患者对其助听器的评价。这些方法的缺点包括患者和仪器的管理和评分人员都很费力、结果的可用性延迟以及与选定的亚群进行比较的困难。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，助听器可用于各种临床和研究环境，包括助听器设备设计者和制造商的研发和营销。