![]() Since the inception of Hearing Tracker, Bailey has painstakingly entered hearing aid product details from manufacturer spec sheets, occasionally with input from the hearing aid manufacturers. The hearing aid matching tool is an outgrowth of Hearing Tracker’s extensive hearing aid database. Hearing Tracker survey data, shown above, collected from more than 6,000 hearing aid consumers. In total, the survey includes about 25 questions and can be accessed here. Through a series of questions accessed through a link at the Hearing Tracker website, the decision aid attempts to match the priorities of the patient to specific hearing aids.Īccording to Bailey, when a consumer completes the hearing aid match survey, they are asked about their hearing loss level, communication priorities, as well as accessory and device preferences and purchase preferences. Hearing Tracker’s hearing aid matching engine works by matching a current (or potential) hearing aid consumer’s hearing priorities with hearing aid features that may help address the consumer’s top communication priorities. One such example, recently introduced by Hearing Tracker under the direction its founder, Abram Bailey, is a personalized hearing aid matching engine. The use of these computerized decision aids is now beginning to make its way into hearing healthcare. Additionally, in what ordinarily required a face-to-face visit with a medical professional, patients can use computer-based decision aids to help them navigate complex decisions about treatment options – often without leaving the comforts of home. ![]() Today it is common for patients to self-monitor a wide range of bodily conditions including heart rate, EKG data and blood pressure using a smartphone-based app. A growing number of persons are eschewing medical paternalism and opting to self-direct their own care.
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