Derivation and Initial Validation of the Utility Function for the Hearing Utility Measure (HUM)
Peter R. Dixon,
Justin Shapiro,
Theodore R. McRackan
et al.
Abstract:ObjectiveThe Hearing Utility Measure (HUM) is a replacement hearing attribute for the Health Utilities Index, Mark 3 (HUI‐3) designed to improve the responsiveness of utility estimates to changes in hearing‐related quality of life. The final development step is to derive the instrument's utility scoring function.MethodsResidents of Ontario, Canada, aged ≥18 years participated in standard gamble and visual analogue scale exercises. Valuations for levels (response options) within each domain, and for each domain… Show more
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