McNeil M L, Gulliver M, Morris D P, Bance M
Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
J Laryngol Otol. 2011 Jun;125(6):554-60. doi: 10.1017/S0022215111000557.
Bone-anchored hearing aid recipients experience well documented improvements in their audiometric performance and quality of life. While hearing aid recipients may understate their functional improvement, their partners may be more aware of such improvement. We sought to investigate patients' partners' perceptions of functional improvement following bone-anchored hearing aid fitting.
Surveys were sent to 153 patients who had received a bone-anchored hearing aid through the Nova Scotia bone-anchored hearing aid programme. The validated survey asked patients' partners to give their subjective impression of the bone-anchored hearing aid recipient's functional status.
Surveys were completed by 90 patients (58.8 per cent), of whom 72 reported having a partner. Partners reported a significant improvement in hearing (p ≤ 0.0001). Partners reported improvement in 87.0 per cent of functional scenarios, no change in 12.6 per cent, and a decline in 0.4 per cent. These findings demonstrate a significant improvement in the emotional and social effects of hearing impairment, as perceived by bone-anchored hearing aid recipients' partners.
骨锚式助听器佩戴者在听力测试表现和生活质量方面有充分记录的改善。虽然助听器佩戴者可能会低估自身功能的改善情况，但他们的伴侣可能更能意识到这种改善。我们旨在调查患者伴侣对骨锚式助听器佩戴后功能改善的看法。
向153名通过新斯科舍省骨锚式助听器项目接受骨锚式助听器的患者发送了调查问卷。经过验证的调查问卷要求患者的伴侣对骨锚式助听器佩戴者的功能状态给出主观印象。
90名患者（58.8%）完成了调查，其中72名报告有伴侣。伴侣们报告听力有显著改善（p≤0.0001）。伴侣们报告在87.0%的功能场景中有改善，12.6%无变化，0.4%有下降。这些发现表明，骨锚式助听器佩戴者的伴侣认为听力障碍对情绪和社交的影响有显著改善。
