Effects of background sounds on recent hearing aid users - Focus Group

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Focus group on the effects of background sounds on recent hearing aid users

• IRAS ID

  135644

• Contact name

  Brian Gygi

• Contact email

  Brian.Gygi@nottingham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Research summary

  The goal of this study is to gather information on new hearing aid users’ experiences with background sounds. The qualitative data will be transcripts of discussions relating to the sounds new HA users find unpleasant, and why they find them so. The transcripts will be subjected to thematic analysis to determine the underlying common elements in the user’s experiences which will lead to a greater understanding of role of everyday background sounds in new users’ dissatisfaction with hearing aids.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - South Yorkshire Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  13/YH/0295

• Date of REC Opinion

  4 Sep 2013

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion