Audiometric and Subjective Assessment of Hearing Handicap

Type 2 diabetes and hearing loss in black Africans*

“…Thereafter, pure tone audiogram was measured in each ear using a clinical audiometer Danplex AS 67 (GN Otometrics A/S, Taastrup, Denmark) equipped with head phones (TDH 39) mounted in cushions and calibrated using sound level meters (Testo 815) employing standard procedures. Also an observer‐based questionnaire was administered to gather demographic information and self‐assessment of hearing status [7].…”

The Factors Associated with a Self-Perceived Hearing Handicap in Elderly People with Hearing Impairment—Results from a Community-Based Study

“…The factors associated with a selfperceived hearing handicap might relate to the person, their physical and social environment, and the interactions between the person and their environment (Noble & Hetu 1994). Many researchers have studied the relationship between audiometric measures and hearing handicap (Fox 1980;Brainerd & Frankel 1985;Hawes & Niswander 1985;Marcus-Bernstein 1986;Lutman et al 1987;Lichtenstein et al 1990;Matthews et al 1990;Pedersen & Rosenhall 1991;Wiley et al 2000). In addition to the degree of hearing impairment, age (Lutman et al 1987;Wiley et al 2000) and psychological factors (insecurity and depression) (MarcusBernstein 1986;Eriksson-Mangold & Carlsson 1991;Andersson et al 1995) are factors associated with hearing handicap.…”

Screening for hearing and visual loss among elderly with questionnaires and tests: which method is the most convincing for action?

“…Performance-based evaluation provides a more objective measure of a patient's abilities, but is more time-consuming. Studies show that assessments with questionnaires do not fully identify the same people as in performance-based tests, because the methods measure different concepts (18,19). In the ''WHO International Classi cation of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps'', performancebased assessment tests cover the information about the level of impairment, whereas self-report questionnaires give information about the level of disability and handicap (20).…”