Desjardins Jamie L, Doherty Karen A
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso.
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Syracuse University, NY.
Am J Audiol. 2017 Jun 13;26(2):119-128. doi: 10.1044/2017_AJA-16-0066.
The purpose of this study was to assess the extent to which intervention with hearing aids, namely, a 6-week hearing aid field trial, can minimize the psychosocial consequences of hearing loss in adults who have previously not sought treatment for their hearing loss.
Twenty-four adults with mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, who had never worn hearing aids or sought help for their hearing loss, participated in this study. Participants were fitted with receiver-in-canal hearing aids, bilaterally, and wore them for 6 weeks. Participants completed subjective measures of hearing handicap and attitudes about hearing loss and hearing aids before, during, and after the hearing aid trial. A control group of age-matched participants followed the same experimental protocol, except they were not fitted with hearing aids.
Using hearing aids for 6 weeks significantly reduced participants' perceived stigma of hearing aids, personal distress and inadequacy due to hearing difficulties, and hearing handicap.
A hearing aid trial can have a positive effect on a person's attitudes toward wearing hearing aids and decrease hearing handicap.
本研究的目的是评估使用助听器进行干预，即为期6周的助听器实地试验，能够在多大程度上减轻此前未针对听力损失寻求治疗的成年人听力损失的心理社会后果。
24名患有轻度至中度双侧感音神经性听力损失、从未佩戴过助听器或因听力损失寻求过帮助的成年人参与了本研究。参与者双侧佩戴耳道式受话器助听器，并佩戴6周。参与者在助听器试验前、试验期间和试验后完成了听力障碍的主观测量以及对听力损失和助听器的态度。一组年龄匹配的对照组参与者遵循相同的实验方案，但未佩戴助听器。
使用助听器6周显著降低了参与者对助听器的感知耻辱感、因听力困难导致的个人困扰和不足感以及听力障碍。
助听器试验可对个人佩戴助听器的态度产生积极影响，并减少听力障碍。
