作者: Vívian Baptista da Luz , Monique Cantelli da Silva , Renata Coelho Scharlach , Maria Cecília Martinelli Iório
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-80342011000200009
关键词: Positive correlation 、 Activities of daily living 、 Audiology 、 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) 、 Psychology 、 Hearing loss 、 Hearing aid
摘要: PURPOSE: To study the benefit obtained by use of hearing aids in environments acoustically favorable to communication, reverberant, noisy and with aversive sounds, correlate handicap adults elderly loss. METHODS: Participants were 42 individuals attended at institution where was carried. They answered questionnaires Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly or Adults, Abbreviated Profile Aid Benefit both when they received after three months its effective use. The participation constraints, difficulties brought studied. results statistically analyzed. RESULTS: There differences between scores from Adults subscales Ease Communication, Reverberation Background Noise Benefit, comparing conditions without aids. a positive correlation measured subscale subjects, Noise, adult decrease constraint. CONCLUSION: Adult subjects showed reduction daily activities bigger Communication adults, greater reduction.