ZHAO Li-na,YANG Lei,HE Jia-yu.The Correlation of the Wearing Effect of Hearing Aids with Hearing Loss Degree and Asthenia in Elderly Patients with Hearing Impairment[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(04):413-416.
ZHAO Li-na,YANG Lei,HE Jia-yu.The Correlation of the Wearing Effect of Hearing Aids with Hearing Loss Degree and Asthenia in Elderly Patients with Hearing Impairment[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2025,23(04):413-416.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2025.04.013.
The Correlation of the Wearing Effect of Hearing Aids with Hearing Loss Degree and Asthenia in Elderly Patients with Hearing Impairment
To analyze the correlation of the wearing effect of hearing aids and the degree of hearing loss and asthenia in elderly patients with hearing impairment.
Methods
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150 elderly patients with hearing impairment admitted to our hospital from June 2022 to June 2024 were included as research objects. General information of patients
wearing effects of hearing aids [International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aid (IOI-HA)]
hearing loss degrees frailty and cognitive ability [Mini Mental State Evaluation (MMSE)] were compared. The wearing effect and cognitive ability of hearing aids with different degrees of hearing loss and the wearing effect
cognitive ability and speech recognition rate of hearing aids with different weakening elderly patients with hearing impairment were compared. Spearman correlation analysis was conducted to study the correlation of the wearing effect of hearing aids and cognitive ability with degree of hearing loss and asthenia. Multivariate regression analysis was used to study the influence factors of the wearing effect hearing aids in elderly patients with hearing impairment.
Results
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The IOI-HA score of 150 elderly patients with hearing impairment was 24.56±3.22. The degrees of hearing loss were mild in 82 cases
moderate in 48 cases
and severe in 20 cases. There were 85 cases without asthenia
43 cases asthenia at early stage
22 cases asthenia. There were significant differences in MMSE scores among patients with different degrees of hearing loss. The IOI-HA and MMSE score of elderly patients with severe hearing loss was significantly lower than that of those with mild hearing loss
and the IOI-HA
MMSE and speech recognition rate of elderly patients with asthenia was significantly different
and the scores of IOI-HA
MMSE and speech recognition rate of frailty elderly patients with hearing impairment were significantly lower than those without frailty (
P
<
0.05).The wearing effect and cognitive ability of hearing aids was negatively correlated with the degree of hearing loss and asthenia (
P
<
0.05).The degree of hearing loss and asthenia were the factors influencing the wearing effect of hearing aids (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion
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Elderly patients with severe hearing loss and asthenia hearing impairment have poor wearing effects
which is related to the wearing effect of hearing aids. The degree of hearing loss and asthenia are the factors affecting the wearing effect of hearing aids in elderly patients with hearing impairment.
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