Ng Elaine Hoi Ning, Rudner Mary, Lunner Thomas, Rönnberg Jerker
Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden.
Linnaeus Centre HEAD, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Swedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University, Sweden; Eriksholm Research Centre, Oticon A/S, Snekkersten, Denmark; and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Sweden.
Speech Lang Hear. 2013 Dec;16(4):197-207. doi: 10.1179/205057113X13782848890774.
This present study examined the relationship between cognitive measures and self-report hearing aid outcome. A sentence-final word identification and recall (SWIR) test was used to investigate how hearing aid use may relate to experienced explicit cognitive processing. A visually based cognitive test battery was also administered. To measure self-report hearing aid outcome, the International Outcome Inventory - Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) were employed. Twenty-six experienced hearing aid users (mean age of 59 years) with symmetrical moderate-to-moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss were recruited. Free recall performance in the SWIR test correlated negatively with item 3 of IOI-HA, which measures residual difficulty in adverse listening situations. Cognitive abilities related to verbal information processing were correlated positively with self-reported hearing aid use and overall success. The present study showed that reported residual difficulty with hearing aid may relate to experienced explicit processing in difficult listening conditions, such that individuals with better cognitive capacity tended to report more remaining difficulty in challenging listening situations. The possibility of using cognitive measures to predict hearing aid outcome in real life should be explored in future research.
本研究考察了认知测量与自我报告的助听器使用结果之间的关系。采用句子末尾单词识别与回忆（SWIR）测试来探究助听器的使用与经历的显性认知加工之间的关系。还实施了一套基于视觉的认知测试。为了测量自我报告的助听器使用结果，采用了《国际助听器结果量表》（IOI-HA）和《言语、空间及听力质量量表》（SSQ）。招募了26名有经验的助听器使用者（平均年龄59岁），他们患有对称性中度至中度重度感音神经性听力损失。SWIR测试中的自由回忆表现与IOI-HA的第3项呈负相关，该项测量的是在不利聆听环境中的残余困难。与言语信息加工相关的认知能力与自我报告的助听器使用及总体成功呈正相关。本研究表明，报告的助听器残余困难可能与在困难聆听条件下经历的显性加工有关，即认知能力较好的个体在具有挑战性的聆听环境中往往报告更多的残余困难。未来的研究应探索使用认知测量来预测现实生活中助听器使用结果的可能性。
