Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79073, first published .
Assessing the Role of Medical Caption Technology to Support Physician-Patient Communication for Patients With Hearing Loss: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Assessing the Role of Medical Caption Technology to Support Physician-Patient Communication for Patients With Hearing Loss: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Assessing the Role of Medical Caption Technology to Support Physician-Patient Communication for Patients With Hearing Loss: Mixed Methods Pilot Study

Sarah E Hughes   1 * , BA ;   Liang-Yuan Wu   2 * , MS ;   Lindsay J Ma   1 , MD ;   Dhruv Jain   2 , PhD ;   Michael M McKee   3, 4 , MD, MPH

1 University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

2 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

3 Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

4 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Michael M McKee, MD, MPH
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