Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification
Background and Aim: Generally, peripheral hearing loss in the elderly is associated with decreased auditory processing ability. Researchers have drawn attention to the role of auditory processing in the success of hearing amplification. The present study investigates the relationship between audito...
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Background and Aim: Generally, peripheral hearing loss in the elderly is associated with decreased auditory processing ability. Researchers have drawn attention to the role of auditory processing in the success of hearing amplification. The present study investigates the relationship between auditory processing and benefit and satisfaction of binaural hearing aids in the elderly.
Methods: Forty-seven elderly users (aged 58–85 years) of binaural hearing aids, all of whom exhibited symmetrically mild to moderate sensory-neural hearing loss, completed the questionnaires of International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) and the Persian version of Words-in-Noise (WIN) and two-pair Dichotic Digits (DD) tests.
Results: Signal-to-Noise Ratio-50% (SNR-50) and Non-Dominant Ear Score (NDES) collectively explained 16% of the binaural hearing aid benefit variance. NDES accounted for 14% of the variance observed in satisfaction.
Conclusion: Binaural hearing aid benefit and satisfaction in the elderly were not similarly related to auditory processing abilities. NDES alone is a weak but significant predictor of satisfaction and in combination with WIN SNR-50 is a moderate predictor of benefit.
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| spelling | doaj-art-1a5b840b7b814aa8aa314a27f7e81aa92025-08-20T02:11:57ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesAuditory and Vestibular Research2423-480X2024-09-0134210.18502/avr.v34i2.18060Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural AmplificationNiloofarsadat Fatemi0Mohammad Ebrahim Mahdavi1Hamid Jalilvand2Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban3Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Basic Sciences, School of Rehabilitation, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and Aim: Generally, peripheral hearing loss in the elderly is associated with decreased auditory processing ability. Researchers have drawn attention to the role of auditory processing in the success of hearing amplification. The present study investigates the relationship between auditory processing and benefit and satisfaction of binaural hearing aids in the elderly. Methods: Forty-seven elderly users (aged 58–85 years) of binaural hearing aids, all of whom exhibited symmetrically mild to moderate sensory-neural hearing loss, completed the questionnaires of International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) and the Persian version of Words-in-Noise (WIN) and two-pair Dichotic Digits (DD) tests. Results: Signal-to-Noise Ratio-50% (SNR-50) and Non-Dominant Ear Score (NDES) collectively explained 16% of the binaural hearing aid benefit variance. NDES accounted for 14% of the variance observed in satisfaction. Conclusion: Binaural hearing aid benefit and satisfaction in the elderly were not similarly related to auditory processing abilities. NDES alone is a weak but significant predictor of satisfaction and in combination with WIN SNR-50 is a moderate predictor of benefit. https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/1341Hearing aiddichotic listeningspeech perception in noisesatisfactionbenefitelderly |
| spellingShingle | Niloofarsadat Fatemi Mohammad Ebrahim Mahdavi Hamid Jalilvand Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification Auditory and Vestibular Research Hearing aid dichotic listening speech perception in noise satisfaction benefit elderly |
| title | Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification |
| title_full | Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification |
| title_fullStr | Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification |
| title_short | Hearing Aid Outcome Measures and Auditory Processing in Elderly Users of Binaural Amplification |
| title_sort | hearing aid outcome measures and auditory processing in elderly users of binaural amplification |
| topic | Hearing aid dichotic listening speech perception in noise satisfaction benefit elderly |
| url | https://avr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/avr/article/view/1341 |
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