Cabral Jamile, Tonocchi Rita, Ribas Ângela, Almeida Gleide, Rosa Marine, Massi Giselle, Berberian Ana Paula
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Master's Program in Neuroscience and Behavior - University Federal of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
Int Tinnitus J. 2016 Jul 22;20(1):54-8. doi: 10.5935/0946-5448.20160010.
The use of hearing aids has been one of the strategies to reduce tinnitus perception and improve sufferers' quality of life when this symptom is associated to hearing impairment.
To assess the remission of emotional and auditory tinnitus impacts on users of hearing aids.
It is an experimental, descriptive study carried out with 17 users of unilateral or bilateral hearing aids, reporting tinnitus, submitted to otorhinolaryngological screening, tonal audiometry, logoaudiometry and acoustic imittance testing, who also answered the Iowa Tinnitus Activities Questionnaire, as well as the Iowa Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire.
There was significant difference in tinnitus data scoring before the use of hearing aids and after fitting the hearing aids.
Analysis of the results evidences that the use of hearing aids improves tinnitus patients' quality of life, mainly regarding their emotional and auditory aspects.
当耳鸣症状与听力障碍相关时，使用助听器一直是减轻耳鸣感知并改善患者生活质量的策略之一。
评估助听器对耳鸣患者情绪及听觉影响的缓解情况。
这是一项实验性描述性研究，对17名单侧或双侧使用助听器且有耳鸣症状的使用者进行研究。这些使用者接受了耳鼻喉科筛查、纯音听力测试、言语测听及声导抗测试，同时还回答了爱荷华耳鸣活动问卷及爱荷华耳鸣障碍问卷。
使用助听器前和佩戴助听器后的耳鸣数据评分存在显著差异。
结果分析表明，使用助听器可改善耳鸣患者的生活质量，主要体现在情绪和听觉方面。
