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Research Article: Determinants of Continuance Intention to Use Hearing Aids among Older Adults in Tehran (Iran)

Date Published: 2024-02-17

Abstract:
The present study seeks to evaluate the factors determining the continuance intention to use hearing aids in older adults. This cross-sectional study was carried out in 2021. The technology post-acceptance model (PAM) framework was used to develop a model for the continuance intention to use hearing aids. In total, 300 hearing aid users aged ?60 years, who were selected via a randomized stratified sampling method, completed the self-evaluation tools used in this study. With a mean age of 71.38 years (SD = 8), the participants comprised 50.7% and 49.3% females and males, respectively. The path analysis results showed that the continuance intention to use hearing aids was positively and significantly influenced by the actual use of hearing aids, the perceived benefits, satisfaction, confirmation, self-efficacy in using hearing aids, an extraverted personality trait, self-perceived hearing handicap, and perceived social support. The main results of the present study can help hearing care providers develop a better understanding of older users to design effective rehabilitation strategies and ensure their continuance intention to use hearing aids.

Introduction:
Presbycusis or age-related hearing loss is the most common hearing loss in humans, and is observed in around 10.9–17.6% of people aged 60–69 years, 41.9–51.2% of those aged 80–89 years, and 52.9–64.9% people aged ?90 years [1,2]. Experts suggest that no compensation for or correction of hearing loss can impact various mental and emotional health aspects of older adults. For instance, prolonged deprivation of the sense of hearing brings about changes in the central nervous system that eventually lead to dementia…

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