YANG Yang,LI Ju,WANG Xiao-li,et al.The Effectiveness of Domestic ally Made Hearing Aids for Initial Fitting in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hearing-Impaired Patients[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2024,22(05):475-478.
YANG Yang,LI Ju,WANG Xiao-li,et al.The Effectiveness of Domestic ally Made Hearing Aids for Initial Fitting in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hearing-Impaired Patients[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2024,22(05):475-478. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2024.05.006.
The Effectiveness of Domestic ally Made Hearing Aids for Initial Fitting in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hearing-Impaired Patients
Evaluating the initial experience of hearing aid use in middle-aged and elderly patients with hearing impairment
and discussion on the application status of domestic hearing aids.
Methods
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86 middle-aged and elderly individuals aged 50 to 80 years with moderate to moderately-severe sensorineural hearing loss were recruited for a randomized controlled study evaluating the effectiveness of hearing aid fittings; they alternately wore domestic all made and imported hearing aids. Pure tone audiometry and sentence recognition rates under quiet conditions were used at the baseline to compare speech test evaluations before and after fitting with both types of hearing aids. A hearing aid effect questionnaire was employed to assess the performance of the two hearing aids.
Results
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86 participants completed the trial. After fitting and imported hearing aids
both hearing aids improved speech (sentence) recognition rate
but they showed a significant difference (
P
=0.000). Comparing the difference in speech (sentence) recognition rates before and after using the two types of hearing aids
there was a significant difference between the imported and hearing aids in terms of aided sentence recognition effect (
P
=0.000). For self-assessment questionnaire for hearing aid effectiveness
two hearing aids have differences in appearance and sound quality (
P
=0.000
P
=0.008)
while there are no differences in ease of operation
clarity
emotion
and social skills.
Conclusion
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The both and imported hearing aids can provide effective auditory compensation for middle-aged and elderly patients with hearing impairments
improving their speech recognition capabilities. Under quiet conditions
imported hearing aids show better post-fitting speech (sentence) recognition than domestic ones. Patients generally have a positive attitude towards the effectiveness of hearing aids
but still have concerns about the impact of the appearance of the hearing aids on personal image and changes in sound quality.
关键词
助听器验配言语识别助听器效果问卷助听效果
Keywords
Hearing aid fittingSpeech recognitionHearing aid effectiveness questionnaireHearing aid effectiveness
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