Hearing aid non-use follows from undetectable or unimportant speech-in-noise changes

Evidence

The inability to provide appreciable speech-in-noise benefits can lead to the non-use of hearing aids (e.g., McCormack and Fortnum 2013 ). Non-use can come from unmet expectations (i.e., benefits without satisfaction; Demorest 1984 ), which may be at least partly a result of whatever changes the hearing aids provided being either undetectable to the user or not important enough to the user. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5670