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- The study examined how hearing aids are viewed in India, Iran, Portugal, and the UK, highlighting both cultural differences and similarities.
- Data was collected through a snowball sampling method and analyzed to identify common perceptions and associations with hearing aids.
- The findings offer valuable insights for public awareness and can guide manufacturers in marketing and designing hearing aids based on these social representations.
Article Abstract
Background: The current study was aimed at understanding the social representation of hearing aids in India, Iran, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. We also compared these results to explore the cross-cultural differences and similarities among these countries.
Methods: The study involved a cross-sectional design, and the data were collected from four different countries using the snowball sampling method. Data were analyzed using a content analysis to identify the most-similar categories of responses reported, a co-occurrences analysis to see which of these categories are reported commonly, and a chi-square analysis to study if there was any association between positive, neutral, and negative connotations among participants in different countries.
Results: The current study revealed four different social representations of hearing aids from India, Iran, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, and also a global index.
Conclusion: The study results provide very useful insights into how hearing aids are represented in the society. These findings may have important implications for public education and also for manufacturers from the viewpoint of designing and marketing hearing aids in different countries.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4603629 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S86108 | DOI Listing |
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