Adults’ recollections of discussions with their audiologist: a qualitative study of what was and was not successfully communicated about listening difficulties

Figures & data

Table 1. Summary of participant characteristics (n = 15).

Participant characteristics
Gender
Male (n)	7
Female (n)	8
Devices
No devices (n)	4
Hearing device(s) user (n)	11
Age (years) Mean; range; standard deviation	58.6; 18–76; 20.6
RHHI-S^a score (maximum possible score = 40) Mean; range; standard deviation	21.3; 0–40; 12.0
Attitude towards hearing devices
Negative (n)	2
Neutral (n)	2
Positive (n)	11
Attitude about previous interactions in audiology appointments
Negative (n)	2
Neutral (n)	4
Positive (n)	9

^a Revised Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screening (RHHI-S)

Figure 1. Template analysis results of the four themes and subthemes about how adults report describing their listening difficulties.

Figure 2. Results showing three themes about the information that adults report is not communicated, or not communicated successfully, to their audiologist. Results also identified two themes about information that is not communicated successfully to adults.