Brief Interview for People who Wear Hearing Aids

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Hi everyone,
My name is Jazmin, and I'm studying to be a speech-language pathologist. I'm currently enrolled in a Aural Rehabilitation course, and I'm working on an assignment that requires me to interview at least three people who wear hearing aids. I would really love to read about your experiences with hearing aids and appreciate your responses. Thank you in advance!
The interview questions are below. Feel free to type your responses in the comments section or direct message me!

QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEW WITH 3 PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEARING AIDS
1. How long have you worn your hearing aids?
2. For how long before you got your hearing aids did you suspect you had a hearing loss?
3. How long do you wear your hearing aids each day?
4. Do you feel like you get benefit from your hearing aids?
5. What complaints do you have about your hearing aids?
6. Do you feel like your hearing aids have lived up to what your audiologist or hearing aid dealer told you they would do?
7. Did you get your hearing aids from an audiologist or a hearing aid dealer?
 
1. Twenty years. Current set, about three years.
2. About a year.
3. I am retired and live alone. Twelve hours.
4. I cannot understand speech unaided unless the person speaks with a natural voice directly into my ear.
5. a. I can't determine where a sound is coming from.
b. Can't deal with echoes as in church.
c. I cannot afford a cellphone which gives me adequate sound.
d. Most phones, other than my specialized landline, are inadequate.
e. Difficulty understanding speech in noisy places, unless I concentrate on lipreading.
f. It is rare that I can understand TV without CC.
6. Yes. But that is not enough. I need Bluetooth or better telecoil accessibility. My insurance would not pay for Bluetooth at the time I got them.
7. Audiologist.
 
1) 2016 September
2) approx 4weeks. My partner had suspected for about 6months before.
3) I try to wear them for at least an hour A day, (I spend a lot of time indoors)
4) My hearing aids help with everything. My balance, walking in a straight line, hearing traffic, hearing people talking to me.
5) None.
6) Not yet, only had my current aids for 2 months.
7) audiologist
 
jriestra said:
Hi everyone,
My name is Jazmin, and I'm studying to be a speech-language pathologist. I'm currently enrolled in a Aural Rehabilitation course, and I'm working on an assignment that requires me to interview at least three people who wear hearing aids. I would really love to read about your experiences with hearing aids and appreciate your responses. Thank you in advance!
The interview questions are below. Feel free to type your responses in the comments section or direct message me!

QUESTIONS FOR INTERVIEW WITH 3 PEOPLE WHO WEAR HEARING AIDS
1. How long have you worn your hearing aids?
2. For how long before you got your hearing aids did you suspect you had a hearing loss?
3. How long do you wear your hearing aids each day?
4. Do you feel like you get benefit from your hearing aids?
5. What complaints do you have about your hearing aids?
6. Do you feel like your hearing aids have lived up to what your audiologist or hearing aid dealer told you they would do?
7. Did you get your hearing aids from an audiologist or a hearing aid dealer?
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1. 3 years
2. 23 years
3. 16 hours (if I'm awake, they are on)
4. I couldn't hear speech, work, interact with world without them
5. Tough adjustment; sounds overwhelming, telephone difficult if not on speaker; can't swim with them; some acoustics and crowds are difficult
6. Yes
7. Audiologist
 
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