IU219 - Learnings from Big Data and Provider Feedback for the Clinical Application of Lyric with Self-Replacement

Abstract:
Extended wear hearing aids offer patients a unique hearing solution designed to be discrete and hassle-free. Cleared for clinical use in 2024, self-replacement offers enhanced convenience and peace of mind for extended wear hearing aid users by reducing the burden of repeated in-office visits and offering increased options to providers and their patients. Globally, hearing care providers have embraced this new approach to clinical care to elevate the patient experience. Join us as we review feedback from providers, alongside large-scale fitting software data, to better understand the benefits, challenges, and clinical relevance of extended wear hearing aid self-replacement.

Summary:
Extended wear hearing aids offer numerous benefits, including continuous 24/7 hearing and a hassle-free hearing solution, with limited device handling, and no need to change batteries or recharge the device. However, devices must be replaced when the battery is depleted, approximately once every 4-6 weeks, which can be burdensome to Hearing Care Providers (HCPs) and their patients. In 2024, a multi-center clinical investigation supported FDA clearance of the self-replacement procedure by finding non-inferiority of effectiveness and safety outcomes when compared to the HCP-replacement procedure. This study led to the introduction of self-replacement, which enables eligible, experienced patients to periodically replace their own devices under the direction and care of their HCPs.

Extended wear hearing aid self-replacement has been on the market for nearly a year in the United States, and even longer in international markets. With the innovative nature of this fitting procedure, large scale clinical trends and outcomes are being monitored with big data available through the fitting software across global markets. With the ability to track relevant clinical outcomes, including self-replacement uptake, device wear time, and patient ear health outcomes, analysis of big data leverages everyday clinical procedural work to offer insights to improve clinical care and support providers seeking to utilize self-replacement with extended wear hearing aid patients.   

While big data provides a high-level lens to evaluate trends, hearing care providers hold a unique perspective on the implementation and clinical nuances of the self-replacement procedure in practice. Questionnaires were distributed to collect both quantitative and qualitative feedback from HCPs surrounding their experience about the past year of self-replacement in the clinical setting. Feedback from HCPs addresses the topics of device and clinical fitting outcomes, provider and patient benefit of the self-replacement procedure, and common challenges.    

In this session, we aim to connect insights identified in big data and clinical feedback on extended wear hearing aid self-replacement to extend the benefits of this innovative procedure to more providers and their patients. Join us to learn how extended wear hearing aid self-replacement can benefit you and your patients!

Brief Summary of Clinical Takeaways:
The clinical takeaway for this session is to provide evidence to support the implementation of self-replacement in the Lyric practice, including common benefits associated with self-replacement and common challenges with strategies to address and overcome them.

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