Development of the screening questionnaire for hearing impairment among community-dwelling elderly

本研究旨在编制一份筛选问卷，以评估居住在社区的老年人听力退化情况。在第一项研究中，我们测量了71人的听力阈值水平（HTL）。第二项研究采用听力阈值水平（HTL）和语音识别阈值（SRT）对31人的主观听力进行了研究。结果表明，老年人听力障碍短版量表（HHIE-S）得分与听力阈值水平（HTL）和语音识别阈值（SRT）高度相关。在第三项研究中，我们测量了13个人的纯音和主观听力障碍的听力。结果表明，30分贝及以上的听力损害与体温计的电子声有关。

This research was conducted to develop a screening questionnaire to assess community-dwelling elderly people with deterioration in hearing. In the first study, we measured the hearing of 71 people for the hearing threshold level (HTL). The second study was done to examine the relation between subjective hearing of 31 people using the hearing threshold level (HTL) and speech recognition threshold (SRT). Results show that Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly Short version (HHIE-S) scores were highly correlated with the hearing threshold level (HTL) and speech recognition threshold (SRT). For the third study, we measured the hearing of 13 people for pure tones and subjective hearing impairment. Result clarified that hearing impairment of 30 dB or more related the electronic sound of the thermometer.