The effect of hearing aid treatment on health-related quality of life in older adults with hearing loss.
| Autor: | Wolff, Anne, Houmøller, Sabina Storbjerg, Tsai, Li-Tang, Hougaard, Dan Dupont, Gaihede, Michael, Hammershøi, Dorte, Schmidt, Jesper Hvass |
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| Předmět: |
TREATMENT of hearing disorders
HEARING aid fitting SELF-evaluation STATISTICAL correlation RESEARCH funding HEARING aids QUESTIONNAIRES SCIENTIFIC observation REHABILITATION AUDIOMETRY DESCRIPTIVE statistics LONGITUDINAL method SURVEYS QUALITY of life MEMORY RESEARCH methodology RESEARCH DATA analysis software CONFIDENCE intervals HEARING impaired OLD age |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Audiology; Jul2024, Vol. 63 Issue 7, p500-509, 10p |
| Abstrakt: | To investigate the effect of hearing aid (HA) intervention on long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) changes in first-time and experienced HA users using the 15D questionnaire. Secondly, the study explored the relationship between clinical parameters and changes in 15D scores. A prospective observational study. The study population included 1562 patients (1113 first-time and 449 experienced HA users) referred for HA rehabilitation. All patients responded to the 15D at baseline, two months after HA fitting, and at long-term follow-up (698 ± 298 d). Among both first-time and experienced HA users, significant improvements in hearing-dimension (15D-3) score were observed at two-month follow-up which sustained at long-term follow-up. 15D total scores significantly decreased at long-term follow-up. Self-reported hearing abilities, word recognition scores, and HA use time were significantly and positively correlated to increased 15D. Both groups of HA users reported improved hearing-related QoL after HA treatment which sustained at long-term follow-up but the improvement in total 15D total score did not sustain for either group. The results suggest that HA intervention positively affects hearing-related QoL among older adults with hearing loss, and the findings support the use of 15D as a tool for the evaluation of HA treatment effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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