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title: "Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Provider-Fit versus Self-Fit Hearing Aids"
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url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/comparing-the-cost-effectiveness-of-provider-fit-versus-self-fit-hearing-aids"
date: "2026-06-26T21:38:51+00:00"
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#  Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Provider-Fit versus Self-Fit Hearing Aids

**Presentation Date:** 16 October 2020

**Duration:** 0:40:34

**Return to:** [AuDacity Archive](https://www.audiologist.org/audacity-archive)

The purpose of this presentation is to highlight the cost-effectiveness of practitioner- versus self-hearing-aid fitting using a health economic model. Specifically, costs per quality-adjusted life year (QALY), for an itemized service delivery model, were determined and compared for (1) hearing aids fit by a practitioner using best practices, (2) hearing aids fit by a practitioner lacking best practices, and (3) hearing aids self-fit by the end user. Results shed light on (1) the cost-effectiveness of the healthcare intervention, and (2) whether the type of hearing aid fitting has a positive effect on the end-user’s quality of life.

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**Speaker:** Amyn Amlani, Ph.D.

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