Developing an Appropriate Digital Hearing Aid for Low-Resource Countries: A Case Study

Table 5

Participants’ characteristics.

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Trial participants

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(i) Total of 30 cases (9 males, 21 females)

(ii) Age average of 59.0 ± 13.7 years

(iii) Fitted ear (right 14, left 16)

(iv) Average air-conduction hearing of 65.1 ± 9.0 dB

(v) Speech reception threshold of 64.7 ± 12.6 dB

(vi) Speech discrimination score of 62.6 ± 25.5%

(vii) Average hours/day usage of 2.7 ± 0.7 hours

(viii) Average days/battery of 17.6 ± 9.2 days

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