The Role of Personal Assistance in the Uptake of Smartphone-Based Tele-Audiology—An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model

The Role of Personal Assistance in the Uptake of Smartphone-Based Tele-Audiology—An Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model

Hearing Healthcare

Tele-Audiology

Technology Acceptance Model

Mobile Health

The arrival of new technologies in Hearing Healthcare is evident. The ability to connect hearing aids to smartphones via Bluetooth has opened up a host of new possibilities. By using an associated app, it is possible, among other things, to make an appointment with the Hearing Care Professional remotely. This function is nothing other than a further development of the classic Tele- Audiology. However, since the user base is mostly older, the question arises about the importance of the personal assistant in the clinic in setting up and explaining the technology for successful use. For this reason, a study was conducted among 110 patients who had already received such a form of intervention. For this purpose, the existing Technology Acceptance Model was further developed to include the latent variable of personal assistance. Existing basic hypotheses from other areas of application were confirmed and an additional relevant variable was identified. It could be concluded that due to a further shift of the patient generation towards baby boomers, the need for personal assistance might decrease.

Ross, Florian

Wohllebe, Atilla

Diez, Erik

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 16 No. 12 (2022); pp. 18-31

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2022-06-21

Copyright (c) 2022 Florian Ross, Atilla Wohllebe, Dr. Erik Diez

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