Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire.
Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire.
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DOI:
10.3109/14992027.2013.876110
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发表时间:
2014-05
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Akeroyd MA
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作者:
Whitmer WM;Howell P;Akeroyd MA
To form a normative set of responses to the GHABP questionnaire from a large regional dataset. Participants were asked to rate their hearing disability, handicap, hearing-aid (HA) use, HA benefit, HA satisfaction and residual (aided) disability on a five-point scale for four situations: quiet conversation, television (TV) listening, noisy conversation and group conversation. A subset of participants also estimated the time spent in these situations. 1574 adults with normal to profound hearing thresholds participated. There was a significant relationship between increasing perceived disability and increasing hearing loss as given by the better-ear audiometric average (BEA). Responses for HA measures did not vary greatly with hearing loss: HA use was reported as high, whereas residual disability, HA benefit and satisfaction were all reported on average as moderate. The results can be used as a normative dataset with which to evaluate individual responses in the clinic, where the GHABP provides a useful short-form questionnaire to engage the patient. The lack of systematic changes in hearing-aid related responses shows room for improvement in the benefit afforded by amplification.