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Self-reported hearing handicap and audiometric measures in older adults
T L Wiley1, K J Cruickshanks, D M Nondahl
1Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology
|February 24, 2000
Abstract:
As part of an epidemiologic study of hearing disorders in older adults, audiometric thresholds (250-20,000 Hz), word recognition performance (Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 word lists in quiet and in competing message), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S) scores were evaluated for 3178 adults ranging in age from 48 to 92 years. Overall, higher HHIE-S scores were more prevalent for older age groups and for greater degrees of hearing loss. After adjusting for the degree of hearing loss, the probability of reporting a hearing disability (handicap) decreased with age.