Hearing Aid apps: are they safe, practical and beneficial for children and teens in challenging situations?

Purpose: An adult version of an app giving users the control over the level of the volume, microphone directionality and noise reduction was adapted for children. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of changes made to microphone directionality and noise reduction in the myPhonak Junior (the app) on Speech intelligibility in challenging listening environments in children and teens.

Methods: The randomized, non-blinded interventional study with a single group of subjects involved two study visits with a home trial in-between.