Relações entre handicap auditivo, desempenho dos aparelhos de amplificação sonora individuais, benefício e satisfação em adultos atendidos por um programa de saúde auditiva credenciado ao Sistema Único de Saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Arrivabene-Maino, Claudia
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Guarino, Helena Assef, Silva, Tatiane Alencar
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.pucsp.br/jspui/handle/handle/28989
• topic: CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA; Handicap auditivo; Aparelhos de amplificação sonora individuais

Introduction: Among many sensorial disorders, hearing loss is considered one of the most frequent and incapacitating disability that impacts social interaction. Self assessment inventories are important tools that permit to evaluate the implications of hearing loss related to handicap, necessity of use of amplification, benefit and satisfaction of hearing aid use in rehabilitation process. Objective: to establish relations between auditory handicap, performance, benefit and satisfaction of amplification in new hearing aid users. Casuistry and Method: Nineteen individuals with bilateral sensorineural loss participated of the study. All participants responded to Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) and The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and in order to verify the performance of amplification they were submitted to functional gain and in situ measurements. Results: The data showed that there was not statistical significant correlation between satisfaction and benefit of hearing aid use as well as between auditory handicap and benefit, however, there was significant correlation between global benefit and subscales of APHAB. The comparison between functional gain and insertion gain showed statistical differences at 3KHz and 4KHz frequencies, but on the other hand it was found equivalence at 1KHz and 2KHz frequencies. Significant correlations were also seen between degree of hearing loss and time of deprivation Conclusion: These findings suggest that individuals who succeed to overcome the difficulties imposed by hearing loss and perform well in communication situations with the use of the amplification, show greater benefit with hearing aids. The self assessment questionnaires consist in important, easy application resources that add valuable information to professionals before, during and after the acclimatization process, with regard to the exploitation of benefit and satisfaction of hearing aid use