[Development and use of an APHAB database].
1Wissenschaftliches Institut für angewandte HNO-Heilkunde (WIAHNO), Deutscher Berufsverband der HNO-Ärzte e. V, Maienbeeck 1, 24576, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland, loehler@hno-aerzte.de.
A new quality assurance questionnaire assesses patient satisfaction with hearing aids in Germany. This tool, the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB), aids audiological diagnostics and patient care.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Health Services Research
Context:
- Quality assurance in audiology within Germany's statutory healthcare system.
- Growing relevance of patient-reported outcomes in hearing aid provision.
Purpose:
- To introduce and detail the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) questionnaire.
- To establish APHAB as a key component of audiological diagnostics.
- To facilitate the evaluation of hearing aid benefits using a large-scale database.
Summary:
- The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) is a questionnaire assessing patient satisfaction with hearing aids across various listening situations (normal, noise, echo, loud).
- It functions as the third pillar of audiological diagnostics, complementing pure-tone and speech audiometry.
- The APHAB database enables individual patient data evaluation against a larger dataset.
Impact:
- Enhances audiological diagnostics by incorporating patient-centered outcome measures.
- Provides a standardized method for evaluating hearing aid effectiveness within the German healthcare system.
- Supports data-driven improvements in hearing aid provision and patient care.
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