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[The use of the self-assessment questionnaire to evaluate hearing aid benefit]
Katia de Almeida1, Carlos Kazuo Taguchi
1Fonoaudióloga, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo. kalmeida@terra.com.br
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.
