[The use of the self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate hearing aid benefit].
Katia de Almeida, Carlos Kazuo Taguchi
Abstract
Katia de Almeida, Carlos Kazuo Taguchi
Abstract
BACKGROUND: assessment of the subjective benefit brought by the use of the hearing aid. AIM: to determine the benefit brought by the use of the hearing aid through a subjective procedure. METHOD: the subjective benefit of the hearing aid was assessed in 15 hearing impaired individuals, novice hearing aid users, through the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aind Benefit (APHAB) self-assessment questionnaire, which was answered before and after the hearing aid fitting. RESULTS: the results demonstrated statistically significant differences between the conditions with and without the hearing aid, indicating a better performance with the use of amplification. CONCLUSION: this procedure demonstrated to be valuable for the assessment of the benefits brought by the process of hearing aid fitting.
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BACKGROUND: assessment of the subjective benefit brought by the use of the hearing aid. AIM: to determine the benefit brought by the use of the hearing aid through a subjective procedure. METHOD: the subjective benefit of the hearing aid was assessed in 15 hearing impaired individuals, novice hearing aid users, through the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aind Benefit (APHAB) self-assessment questionnaire, which was answered before and after the hearing aid fitting. RESULTS: the results demonstrated statistically significant differences between the conditions with and without the hearing aid, indicating a better performance with the use of amplification. CONCLUSION: this procedure demonstrated to be valuable for the assessment of the benefits brought by the process of hearing aid fitting.
Key concepts: Hearing aid, Audiology, Hearing loss, Quantitative assessment, Medicine, Psychology, Risk analysis (engineering)