von Wedel H, von Wedel U C, Streppel M
Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Universitätsklinik Köln, FRG.
Acta Otolaryngol Suppl. 1990;476:270-6; discussion 277. doi: 10.3109/00016489109127289.
The unsatisfactory results obtained from tone and speech audiometric studies in identifying the effects of hearing disability, in particular the psychosocial factors, prompted us to adopt a psychological test to determine the "social hearing ability". The test consists of 20 questions which all relate to "social hearing ability" in urban society. Ten questions concern hearing ability in situations where background noise plays either a negligible role or none at all. The remaining 10 questions concern selectivity ability, that is hearing with additional background noise. The evaluation of the questionnaire results in a classification of the so-called Social Hearing Handicap Index (SHHI) in percentages together with a breakdown of the deafness components and the selectivity components into percentages. This differentiation provides additional information about the demands placed on the hearing ability of humans in quiet or noisy surroundings. The information obtained from the test enables longitudinal studies on the course of a hearing disability or the effectivity of a particular therapy, e.g. hearing aid, to be carried out in the elderly.
在识别听力残疾影响尤其是心理社会因素方面，纯音和言语听力测定研究所得结果不尽人意，这促使我们采用一项心理测试来确定“社会听力能力”。该测试由20个问题组成，所有问题均与城市社会中的“社会听力能力”相关。其中10个问题涉及背景噪音作用可忽略不计或根本没有背景噪音情况下的听力能力。其余10个问题涉及选择性能力，即在有额外背景噪音情况下的听力。对问卷结果的评估会得出所谓社会听力障碍指数（SHHI）的百分比分类，以及耳聋成分和选择性成分的百分比细分。这种区分提供了关于在安静或嘈杂环境中对人类听力能力要求的额外信息。从该测试获得的信息能够在老年人中开展关于听力残疾病程或特定疗法（如助听器）有效性的纵向研究。
