The influence of the type of hearing aids (HA) and the characteristics of their usage on the HA satisfaction and the perceived HA benefit (CROSBI ID 659953)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Bonetti, Luka
engleski
The influence of the type of hearing aids (HA) and the characteristics of their usage on the HA satisfaction and the perceived HA benefit
The aim of this paper was to investigate the relation between the type of hearing aids (HA) and the characteristics of their usage, and the HA satisfaction and the perceived HA benefit among 15 men and 15 women (average age 68.5 years, ± 17.6 years). The participants were new and experienced HA users (average time of HA use was 6.3 years, ± 4 years), with the better- ear-pure-tone-average of 59.5 dBHL (± 12.8 dBHL), who were using behind-the-ear HA (N = 11) or in-the-canal HA (N = 19). One HA was used by 17, and two HAs by 13 participants of the study. According to the participants’ assessment, the HAs were used from 5 to 12 hours per day (9 hours per day, ± 1.8 hours). The HA satisfaction and the perceived HA benefit was examined by using the second version of The Aural Rehabilitation Outcomes Profile self-assessment questionnaire (Šulja, Bonetti and Hrastinski, 2017), while the relation between the self-assessment, and the type of HA and the characteristics of their usage, was examined by a generalized linear model regression analysis. The results showed that the HA satisfaction and the perceived HA benefit were significantly influenced by the age, the degree of hearing impairment and their daily use. The interdependence of the type and the number of used HAs had a significant, but borderline influence on the self-assessment, so their individual contribution was examined by employing the Mann-Whitney U Test test. Unlike the number of HAs, the contribution of the HA type proved to be significant for the self- assessment. The overall duration of the HA use did not show any impact on self-assessment results, even at the bivariate level (analyzed by Spearman's correlation coefficient).
hearing aids ; type ; satisfaction ; benefit ; use
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Podaci o prilogu
100-106.
2018.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Gačnik, Mateja ; Skamlič, Nives
Maribor: Društvo logopedov Slovenije
978-961-94215-3-6
Podaci o skupu
5. kongres logopedov Slovenije z mednarodno udeležbo = Vth Congress of Slovenian Logopedists with international participation
predavanje
08.03.2018-10.03.2018
Maribor, Slovenija