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标题：Hearing aid handling skills: relationship with satisfaction and benefit
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作者：Campos, Patrícia Danieli ; Bozza, Amanda ; Ferrari, Deborah Viviane 等
期刊名称：CoDAS
印刷版ISSN：2317-1782
出版年度：2014
卷号：26
期号：1
页码：10-16
DOI：10.1590/S2317-17822014.001-0003
出版社：Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia
摘要：Purpose: To evaluate hearing aid handling skills for new and experienced users and to assess if such skills influence user's benefit and satisfaction.Methods: Seventy four participants (mean age of 70.43), experienced (n=37) or new hearing aid users (n=37) performed the tasks of "Practical Hearing Aid Skills Test" (PHAST), which were scored on a five-point Likert scale - higher scores indicate better hearing aid handling skills.Experienced users answered the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and the hearing aid benefit for handicap reduction was calculated by the hearing handicap inventory (HHIA/HHIE).Results: Medians for PHAST total scores of 79 and 71% were obtained for experienced and new users, respectively - there were no significant difference between groups.Lower PHAST scores were observed for the tasks of volume control manipulation and telephone usage.Moderate correlations were obtained between IOI benefit and quality of life items and the PHAST scores.There was no correlation between the results of PHAST and demographic data of the participants.Conclusion: There was no difference in handling skills between new and experienced hearing aid users.Handling skills affected hearing aid benefit.
关键词：Perda auditiva;Auxiliares de audição;Transtornos da audição;Audiologia;Questionários
其他关键词：Hearing loss;Hearing aids;Hearing disorders;Audiology;Questionnaires