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.
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.
Authors: Hannes Maier; Uwe Baumann; Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner; Dirk Beutner; Marco D Caversaccio; Thomas Keintzel; Martin Kompis; Thomas Lenarz; Astrid Magele; Torsten Mewes; Alexander Müller; Tobias Rader; Torsten Rahne; Sebastian P Schraven; Burkard Schwab; Georg Mathias Sprinzl; Bernd Strauchmann; Ingo Todt; Thomas Wesarg; Barbara Wollenberg; Stefan K Plontke Journal: Audiol Neurootol Date: 2018-09-07 Impact factor: 1.854
Authors: Eliara Pinto Vieira; Elisiane Crestani de Miranda; Lucila Leal Calais; Laura Maria Araújo de Carvalho; Maria Cecília Martinelli I Ório; Alda Christina Lopes de Carvalho Borges Journal: Braz J Otorhinolaryngol Date: 2007 Nov-Dec