In Brief:
The goal of the research was to better understand the relationship between perceived social support and hearing aid satisfaction. In Study 1, 173 adult (age = 68.9; SD = 13.4) and in Study 2, 161 adult (age = 32.8; SD = 13.3) hearing aid wearers completed surveys assessing attitudes toward health, hearing, and hearing aids, as well as other psycho-social factors. In both studies, hearing aid satisfaction was best predicted by perceived social support. Furthermore, there is minimal support for the claim that participant response style accounts for the relationship between hearing aid satisfaction and perceived social support.
