To explore parent and audiologist perspectives on personalised hearing loss simulations in paediatric audiology, and to assess the impact of simulations on data-logged hearing aid use in children under 11.
✦ The floor
Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
Personalised hearing loss simulations show promise as a counselling tool to improve paediatric hearing aid uptake, but audiologists should await larger controlled studies before routinely adopting this approach.
Improving parental understanding through personalised simulations could address one of the most persistent challenges in paediatric audiology: consistent hearing aid use in children.
- 01Study captured both parent and audiologist perspectives on personalised hearing loss simulations.
- 02Hearing aid data-logging was used as an objective measure of children's device use.
- 03Personalised simulations aim to help parents experience their child's specific degree of hearing loss.
- 04Findings have direct implications for counselling strategies in paediatric audiology clinics.
- 05Published in International Journal of Audiology (2026).
Personalised hearing loss simulations positively influence parents' engagement with their child's hearing aid use.
studypartially supportedAudiologists view personalised hearing loss simulations as a useful counselling tool in paediatric audiology.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42723514
- DOI
- 10.1080/14992027.2026.2727788.
- Journal
- International Journal of Audiology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Parents of children with hearing loss and audiologists involved in paediatric audiology care
- Intervention
- Personalised hearing loss simulations used during counselling sessions
Primary outcomes
Parent and audiologist perspectives on personalised hearing loss simulations; Children's hearing aid data-logged use (hours of wear)