Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research
ObjectivesMicrointeraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (micro-EMA) is a smartwatch-based tool that delivers single-question surveys, enabling respondents to quickly report their real-time experiences. The objectives of the two studies presented here were to evaluate micro-EMA's psycho...
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| description | ObjectivesMicrointeraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (micro-EMA) is a smartwatch-based tool that delivers single-question surveys, enabling respondents to quickly report their real-time experiences. The objectives of the two studies presented here were to evaluate micro-EMA's psychometric characteristics and feasibility across three response formats (2-point, 5-point, and 10-point scales) for adults with hearing loss.DesignIn the first study, thirty-two participants completed a dual-task experiment aimed at assessing the construct validity, responsiveness, intrusiveness, and test-retest reliability of micro-EMA across the three response formats. Participants listened to sentences at five signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) ranging from −3 to 9 dB relative to the SNR for 50% speech understanding, answered the question “Hearing well?” on smartwatches, and repeated the sentences. In the second study, twenty-one participants wore smartwatches over 6 days. Every 15 min, participants were prompted to answer the question “Hearing well?” using one of the three response formats for 2 days. Participants provided feedback on their experience with micro-EMA.ResultsIn the dual-task experiment, participants reported improved hearing performance in micro-EMA as SNRs and speech recognition scores increased across all three response formats, supporting the tool's construct validity. Statistical models indicated that the 5-point and 10-point scales yielded larger relative changes between SNRs, suggesting higher responsiveness, compared to the 2-point scale. Participants completed surveys significantly faster with the 2-point scale, indicating lower intrusiveness, compared to the 5-point and 10-point scales. Correlation analysis revealed that over two visits 1 week apart, the 2-point scale had the poorest test-retest reliability, while the 5-point scale had the highest. In the field trial, participants completed 79.6% of the prompted surveys, with each participant averaging 42.9 surveys per day. Although participants experienced interruptions due to frequent prompts, annoyance and distraction levels were low. Most participants preferred the 5-point scale.ConclusionsThe dual-task experiment suggested that micro-EMA using the 5-point scale demonstrated superior psychometric characteristics compared to the 2-point and 10-point scales at the tested SNRs. The field trial further supported its feasibility for evaluating hearing performance in adults with hearing loss. Additional research is needed to explore the potential applications of micro-EMA in audiology research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-abc005700cac4d44b73d72ac3574fa432025-01-08T12:25:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Audiology and Otology2813-60552025-01-01210.3389/fauot.2024.15063061506306Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology researchYu-Hsiang Wu0Elizabeth Stangl1Samuel Smith2Jacob Oleson3Christi Miller4Octav Chipara5Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United StatesDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United StatesDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United StatesDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United StatesReality Labs Research, Meta Platforms, Inc., Redmond, WA, United StatesDepartment of Computer Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United StatesObjectivesMicrointeraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment (micro-EMA) is a smartwatch-based tool that delivers single-question surveys, enabling respondents to quickly report their real-time experiences. The objectives of the two studies presented here were to evaluate micro-EMA's psychometric characteristics and feasibility across three response formats (2-point, 5-point, and 10-point scales) for adults with hearing loss.DesignIn the first study, thirty-two participants completed a dual-task experiment aimed at assessing the construct validity, responsiveness, intrusiveness, and test-retest reliability of micro-EMA across the three response formats. Participants listened to sentences at five signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) ranging from −3 to 9 dB relative to the SNR for 50% speech understanding, answered the question “Hearing well?” on smartwatches, and repeated the sentences. In the second study, twenty-one participants wore smartwatches over 6 days. Every 15 min, participants were prompted to answer the question “Hearing well?” using one of the three response formats for 2 days. Participants provided feedback on their experience with micro-EMA.ResultsIn the dual-task experiment, participants reported improved hearing performance in micro-EMA as SNRs and speech recognition scores increased across all three response formats, supporting the tool's construct validity. Statistical models indicated that the 5-point and 10-point scales yielded larger relative changes between SNRs, suggesting higher responsiveness, compared to the 2-point scale. Participants completed surveys significantly faster with the 2-point scale, indicating lower intrusiveness, compared to the 5-point and 10-point scales. Correlation analysis revealed that over two visits 1 week apart, the 2-point scale had the poorest test-retest reliability, while the 5-point scale had the highest. In the field trial, participants completed 79.6% of the prompted surveys, with each participant averaging 42.9 surveys per day. Although participants experienced interruptions due to frequent prompts, annoyance and distraction levels were low. Most participants preferred the 5-point scale.ConclusionsThe dual-task experiment suggested that micro-EMA using the 5-point scale demonstrated superior psychometric characteristics compared to the 2-point and 10-point scales at the tested SNRs. The field trial further supported its feasibility for evaluating hearing performance in adults with hearing loss. Additional research is needed to explore the potential applications of micro-EMA in audiology research.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fauot.2024.1506306/fullhearing losspresbyacousishearing aidsEcological Momentary Assessment (EMA)patient outcome assessment |
| spellingShingle | Yu-Hsiang Wu Elizabeth Stangl Samuel Smith Jacob Oleson Christi Miller Octav Chipara Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research Frontiers in Audiology and Otology hearing loss presbyacousis hearing aids Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) patient outcome assessment |
| title | Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research |
| title_full | Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research |
| title_fullStr | Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research |
| title_short | Psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction-based Ecological Momentary Assessment in audiology research |
| title_sort | psychometric characteristics and feasibility of microinteraction based ecological momentary assessment in audiology research |
| topic | hearing loss presbyacousis hearing aids Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) patient outcome assessment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fauot.2024.1506306/full |
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