AUDIOMETRIC CORRELATES OF THE HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR THE ELDERLY
AUDIOMETRIC CORRELATES OF THE HEARING HANDICAP INVENTORY FOR THE ELDERLY
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DOI：
10.1044/jshd.4804.379
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发表时间：
1983-01-01
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VENTRY, IM
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作者：
WEINSTEIN, BE;VENTRY, IM
近年来，听力障碍的自我评估受到了相当大的关注。老年人听力障碍量表（Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly，HHIE）是一种自我评估技术，旨在量化非机构化老年人自我感知听力障碍的情感和社会影响。本研究的目的是探讨听力障碍的听力测试相关性的HHIE测量。100名老年受试者接受了完整的听力评估以及HHIE。结果表明，纯音灵敏度在较好的耳朵是最高度相关的HHIE（r= 0.61）和单词识别占不到20%的方差HHIE分数。这些结果是相似的年轻的主题和其他障碍评估技术的报告。结果还表明，有相当大的个体差异的情绪和社会反应的听力障碍，特别是在个人轻度（26-40分贝PTA较好的耳朵）听力障碍。对听力障碍的反应的可变性，加上听力测量解释听力障碍差异的不到50%的事实，表明老年人的听力障碍更适合通过自我报告的形式来测量，而不是从听力测量数据中推断出来。
The self-assessment of hearing handicap has received considerable attention in recent years. TheHearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly(HHIE) is a self-assessment technique designed to quantify the emotional and social effects of self-perceived hearing impairment in the noninstitutionalized elderly. The purpose of the present study was to examine the audiometric correlates of hearing handicap as measured by the HHIE. One hundred elderly subjects received complete audiometric evaluations as well as the HHIE. The results indicated that pure-tone sensitivity in the better ear was most highly correlated with the HHIE (r= .61) and that word recognition accounted for no more than 20% of the variance in HHIE scores. These results are similar to those reported for younger subjects and for other handicap assessment techniques. The results also indicated that there is considerable individual variability in the emotional and social response to hearing impairment, especially in individuals with mild (26–40 dB PTA in better ear) hearing impairment. The variability in response to impairment coupled with the fact that audiometric measures explain less than 50% of the variance in hearing handicap suggest that hearing handicap in the elderly will be measured more appropriate via a self-report format rather than as an inference from audiometric data.