Journal article
Difficulties Experienced by Hearing-Aid Candidates and Hearing-Aid Users
British Journal of Audiology, Vol.17(3), pp.191-199
1983
DOI: 10.3109/03005368309107884
PMID: 6357328
Abstract
Responses to an open-ended questionnaire were obtained from 250 hearing-aid candidates who had never worn a hearing aid and from 250 experienced hearing-aid users. The questionnaire stated 'Please make a list of the difficulties which you have as a result of your hearing loss.' Teh responses were divided into six major categories. The hearing-aid candidates reported more problems than the experienced users in the categories of (a) understanding speech where spreechhreading would normally be used (92% versus 81%), and (b) understanding speech where speechreading would normally not be used (51% versus 43%). A similar number or respondents in both groups reported problems in the categories of (C) personal difficulties (11%), (d) audiological or medical difficulties (18%), and (e) difficulties associated with environmental sounds (34%). Thirty-five per cent of the hearing-aid users reported (f) difficulties associated with their hearing aids. The most frequently reported specific difficulty in both groups was watching television (47% of the candidates and 37% of the users). Twenty-one per cent in each group reported difficulty conversing on the telephone.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Difficulties Experienced by Hearing-Aid Candidates and Hearing-Aid Users
- Creators
- Richard S Tyler - 1Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, USALesley J Baker - 2MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Hearing Services Centre, General Hospital, Nottingham, UKGerald Armstrong-Bednall - 2MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Hearing Services Centre, General Hospital, Nottingham, UK
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British Journal of Audiology, Vol.17(3), pp.191-199
- Publisher
- Informa UK Ltd
- DOI
- 10.3109/03005368309107884
- PMID
- 6357328
- ISSN
- 0300-5364
- eISSN
- 1708-8186
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1983
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002439802771
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