The Hearing Handicap Inventory for AdultsPsychometric Adequacy and Audiometric Correlates
作者:
Craig Newman,
Barbara Weinstein,
Gary Jacobson,
Gerald Hug,
期刊:
Ear and Hearing
(OVID Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 6
页码: 430-433
ISSN:0196-0202
年代: 1990
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) was modified for use with younger hearing-impaired adults (< 65 years of age). Similar to the HHIE, the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), is a 25-item self-assessment scale composed of two subscales (emotional and social/situational). Replacement questions from the HHIE which form the HHIA focus on the occupational effects of hearing loss. For 67 hearing-impaired adults, the HHIA demonstrated high internal consistency reliability and a low standard error of measurement. Audiometric correlates of the HHIA revealed weak, yet statistically significant relationships with pure-tone sensitivity and supra-threshold word recognition ability. These findings support the use of self-report handicap measures with adults in that audiometric measures alone are insufficient in describing a patient's reaction to their hearing loss.
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