Megale Renata Luciane, Iório Maria Cecília Martinelli, Schochat Eliane
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Pro Fono. 2010 Apr-Jun;22(2):101-6. doi: 10.1590/s0104-56872010000200006.
hearing impairment has a negative impact on communication. This impact can be minimized by hearing aids fitting and auditory training.
to verify the effectiveness of auditory training in elderly individuals, new users of hearing aids, regarding the benefit in fitting.
forty-two individuals with mild to moderate neurosensorial hearing loss, ranging in age from 60 to 90 years, were selected. Individuals were new users of bilateral hearing aids and were divided in two groups: Experimental Group (EG) and Sham Group (SG). The EG was submitted to training in an acoustic cabin during six sessions. Both groups were assessed through the following tests: Speech in Noise, Dichotic Digits and the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit Aphab self-assessment questionnaire, without the hearing aids, four and eight weeks after they were fitted.
there was a statistically significant difference between the groups in both of the used tests, and for the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit Aphab in the second and third assessments in the sub-scales of: Communication Easiness, Reverberation and Environmental Noise.
auditory training favored the improvement in the auditory processing abilities and benefited the hearing aid fitting process.
听力障碍对交流有负面影响。通过助听器验配和听觉训练可将这种影响降至最低。
验证听觉训练对老年助听器新用户在验配获益方面的有效性。
选取42名年龄在60至90岁之间、患有轻至中度感音神经性听力损失的个体。这些个体均为双侧助听器新用户，被分为两组：实验组（EG）和假手术组（SG）。实验组在隔音舱内接受了六次训练。两组在不佩戴助听器的情况下，以及佩戴助听器四周和八周后，均通过以下测试进行评估：噪声中的言语测试、双耳数字测试以及助听器获益简表阿法布自我评估问卷。
在两项所用测试中，两组之间存在统计学显著差异，且在第二次和第三次评估中，助听器获益简表阿法布的沟通便利性、混响和环境噪声子量表方面也存在差异。
听觉训练有利于听觉处理能力的提高，并有益于助听器验配过程。
