Avaliação do handicap auditivo do adulto com deficiência auditiva unilateral

Abstract

Heari ng impairment (HI) is characterized by unilateral hearing loss in one ear and can result in learning difficulties, language impairment and socio-emotional difficulties. To assess the perception of hearing handicap in adult subjects, patients with unilateral sensorineural HI, non-users of individual hearing aids. Materials and Methods:Prospective study with 52 adult subjects with a mean of 34.5 years of age, from both genders (26 females, 26 males) with hearing loss: sensorineural unilateral, in varying degrees, responded to a questionnaire for assessing hearing handicap, and for that we used the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA). Results:We scored the subscales of the emotional and social/situational aspects, and we found 73.1% of the handicap present being mild, moderate and significant, but at a higher percentage (88.5%) in females. Conclusions:The use of the questionnaire proved to be an effective procedure, because the unilateral HI may, not infrequently, compromise social and emotional aspects of the adult subject and the same degree of HI who can react differently, indicating that the wide variability in the perception of the hearing handicap is associated with non-audiological aspects. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2010;76(3):378-83. ORIGINAL ARTICLE BJORL

Correlação entre perda auditiva e resultados dos questionários Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Adults: Screening Version HHIA-S e Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening Version - HHIE-S

“…Table 3 shows there was no significant association between the degree of hearing loss and the degree of participation restriction (p= 0,705). This finding corroborates with the literature in the works developed by ARAÚJO et al (30) and ROSIS, SOUZA and IÓRIO (12) who also observed no association, implying that the perception of the hearing disorder was not associated with the degree of the hearing loss.…”

Restrição de participação social e satisfação com o uso de aparelho de amplificação sonora individual - um estudo pós-adaptação

“…In the sample that was evaluated, individuals with a lesser degree of hearing loss felt benefits of sound amplification to a lower extent, compared with those who presented greater hearing loss. However, there was no association with average of the best ear, in comparison with the HHIE-S tool, which confirms the results found in the literature (29,30) .…”

Percepção de limitações de atividades comunicativas, resolução temporal e figura-fundo em perda auditiva unilateral

“…The few studies that involve self-assessment questionnaire on unilateral HL showed that most individuals present the LCA perception mainly in noisy situations and sound localization (24,25) .…”