Reese Judith L, Hnath-Chisolm Theresa
James A. Haley Veterans Affairs Hospital, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
Am J Audiol. 2005 Jun;14(1):94-104. doi: 10.1044/1059-0889(2005/009).
To examine how well hearing aid orientation (HAO) content is remembered immediately and 1 month after the HAO, and whether the ability to remember this information differs as a function of the audiologist providing the information, patient's age, degree of hearing loss, and prior knowledge of hearing aids.
A convenience sample of 100 older adults completed a multiple-choice test of hearing aid knowledge immediately following the HAO and 1 month later. Covariate and regression analyses were used to address the study purpose.
On average, participants recognized 74% of the information immediately following HAO and 78% at 1 month. Hearing loss was associated with declining recognition for hearing aid use and care information immediately following HAO, whereas prior knowledge was associated with successful recognition. Participants who recognized more HAO content immediately also remembered more at 1 month. A difference in recognition of hearing aid information based on audiologist was suggested immediately following HAO, but there were no differences at 1 month. Ability to recognize HAO content was not related to age of participants.
On average, participants recognized approximately 75% of the HAO content, which is encouraging from a clinical standpoint, providing support for the efficacy of the HAO and the time audiologists spend in completing it. Moreover, recognition of HAO content improved when tested at 1 month, suggesting audiologists may expect their patients to be aware of a majority of hearing aid use and care information following the hearing aid trial period.
研究助听器使用指导（HAO）内容在指导结束后即刻及1个月后被记住的程度，以及记住这些信息的能力是否因提供信息的听力学家、患者年龄、听力损失程度和助听器相关的先验知识而有所不同。
100名老年人的便利样本在HAO结束后即刻及1个月后完成了一项关于助听器知识的多项选择题测试。使用协变量和回归分析来实现研究目的。
平均而言，参与者在HAO结束后即刻识别出74%的信息，1个月后为78%。听力损失与HAO结束后即刻对助听器使用和护理信息的识别率下降有关，而先验知识与成功识别有关。在HAO结束后即刻识别出更多HAO内容的参与者在1个月后也记得更多。在HAO结束后即刻，基于听力学家的不同，对助听器信息的识别存在差异，但1个月后没有差异。识别HAO内容的能力与参与者的年龄无关。
平均而言，参与者识别出约75%的HAO内容，从临床角度来看这是令人鼓舞的，为HAO的有效性以及听力学家完成它所花费的时间提供了支持。此外，在1个月后进行测试时，对HAO内容的识别有所提高，这表明听力学家可能期望他们的患者在助听器试用期后了解大部分助听器使用和护理信息。
