Understanding the Potential of Mental Health Apps to Address Mental Health Needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community: Mixed Methods Study

Judith Borghouts   ¹ , PhD ;   Martha Neary   ² , MSc ;   Kristina Palomares   ² , BA ;   Cinthia De Leon   ¹ , MPH ;   Stephen M Schueller   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Margaret Schneider   ⁴ , PhD ;   Nicole Stadnick   ^{5, 6, 7} , MPH, PhD ;   Dana B Mukamel   ¹ , PhD ;   Dara H Sorkin   ¹ , PhD ;   Dakota Brown   ⁸ ;   Shannon McCleerey-Hooper   ⁸ , BA ;   Gloria Moriarty   ⁹ ;   Elizabeth V Eikey   ^{10, 11} , PhD

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

² Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

³ Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁴ Department of Public Health, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

⁶ Dissemination and Implementation Science Center, Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

⁷ Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, United States

⁸ Riverside University Health System-Behavioral Health, Riverside, CA, United States

⁹ Center on Deafness Inland Empire, Riverside, CA, United States

¹⁰ Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

¹¹ The Design Lab, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States