Mobile Health Hearing Aid Acclimatization and Support Program in Low-Income Communities: Feasibility Study

Caitlin Frisby   ^{1, 2} , MA ;   Robert H Eikelboom   ^{1, 3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Faheema Mahomed-Asmail   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Hannah Kuper   ⁶ , PhD ;   David R Moore   ^{7, 8} , PhD ;   Tersia de Kock   ⁹ , MA ;   Vinaya Manchaiah   ^{1, 2, 10, 11, 12} , PhD ;   De Wet Swanepoel   ^{1, 2, 3, 10} , PhD

¹ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

² Virtual Hearing Lab, Collaborative initiative between the University of Colorado and the University of Pretoria, Aurora, CO, United States

³ Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Australia

⁴ Ear Sciences Centre, Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia

⁵ Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia

⁶ International Centre for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

⁷ Communication Sciences Research Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁸ Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

⁹ hearX Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa

¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States

¹¹ UCHealth Hearing and Balance, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, United States

¹² Department of Speech and Hearing, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, India