Interviews with musicians with hearing aids

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant details including hearing loss, age, gender, length of time of hearing loss, length of time of hearing aid use, and primary instrument played/musical background.

P	4FA Left	4fa right	gender	age (Y)	hl time (y)	ha time (y)	instrument	Active/retired
1	26	25	F	32	27	1	Clarinet/conducting	Active
2	26	29	M	67	7	1.5	Bassoon	Semi-retired
3	45	62	M	72	25	10	Guitar/keyboard	Active
4	20	17	M	70	20	19	Contrabassoon	Retired
5	107	67	M	71	42	39	Piano/voice	Active
7	74	70	M	70	46	37	Electric bass/sound engineering	Active
8	41	26	M	57	15	4	Bass trombone	Semi-retired
9	55	69	M	69	31	11	Composition/keyboard	Active

Note: Audiogram data is described in 4FA (frequency average 500-4000Hz), in units dB HL. P = Participant number; Y = Years; HL = Hearing Loss; HA = Hearing Aid; F = Female; M = Male

Figure 1. Mind map of categories drawn from data coding, prior to organisation into themes.

Figure 2. Overlapping themes and sub-themes emergent in the data.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the first author, SS. The data are not publicly available due to their containing information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.

There are no relevant financial or non-financial competing interests to report.