Use of electronic health records to assess associations between short-term hearing aid follow-up care, IOI-HA completion and long-term hearing aid use

Key Points

• The research aims to explore the relationship between short-term follow-up care for hearing aids and long-term usage outcomes.
• Analyzed electronic health records to track follow-up care and outcomes
• Assessed IOI-HA completion data as a measure of hearing aid effectiveness
• Evaluated long-term hearing aid usage at the 24-month mark
• Follow-up care within 12 weeks of fitting significantly correlates with positive long-term outcomes
• Improvement in long-term outcomes linked to actions based on IOI-HA data
• Overall evidence suggests benefits of early follow-up for hearing aid users