Self-Reported Benefit and Satisfaction with a Beamforming Body-Worn Hearing Aid for Elderly Adults

Table 5

COSI specific needs nominated by participants at Visit 1.

	Face-to-face conversation	Telephone conversation	Speech in noise/Noise reduction	Distance listening	Watching television	Audibility to environmental signals	Do not have this need
Specific need 1	29 (67.4%)	4 (9.3%)	1 (2.3%)	5 (11.6%)	3 (7.0%)	1 (2.3%)	0
Specific need 2	5 (11.6%)	6 (14.0%)	13 (30.2%)	2 (4.7%)	8 (18.6%)	3 (7.0%)	1 (2.3%)
Specific need 3	2 (4.7%)	5 (11.6%)	4 (9.3%)	1 (2.3%)	6 (14.0%)	3 (7.0%)	18 (41.9%)
Specific need 4	0	1 (2.4%)	0	0	0	0	40 (95.2%)
Total	36 (83.7%)	16 (37.3%)	18 (41.8%)	8 (18.6%)	17 (39.6%)	7 (16.3%)

Note. Needs nominated by less than 15% of participants are not shown.