Knowledge and Expectations of Hearing Aid Apps Among Smartphone Users and Hearing Professionals: Cross-sectional Survey

Jae Sang Han   ¹ , MD ;   Yong-Ho Park   ^{2, 3} , MD, PhD ;   Jae-Jun Song   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Il Joon Moon   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Woojoo Lee   ⁶ , PhD ;   Yoonjoong Kim   ² , MD ;   Young Sang Cho   ⁵ , MD ;   Jae-Hyun Seo   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Moo Kyun Park   ^{7, 8 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

³ Brain Research Institute, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁵ Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁶ Department of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁷ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁸ Sensory Organ Research Institute, Seoul National University, Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally