Rocha Bruna da Silva, Scharlach Renata Coelho
Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Audição - IEAA São Paulo (SP), Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC - Florianópolis (SC), Brasil.
Codas. 2017 Oct 19;29(6):e20160236. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20172016236.
To evaluate the family's perspective of benefits of the frequency modulation (FM) system adapted to children with sensorineural hearing loss.
This is a descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study with the participation of family members of hearing-impaired children aged 6 to 15 years, users of hearing aids and/or cochlear implants, benefited with the FM system by a hearing health service of the Unified Health System (SUS), Brazil. The FM Listening Evaluation For Children questionnaire with 14 questions was used to evaluate the benefits of using the FM system, the characteristics of the hearing aids and/or cochlear implants, and the brand/model of the FM system the children used.
Statistically significant differences were found between the questionnaire responses of FM users and non-users in all situational analyses (quiet, noise, auditory only, distance), with better learning performance and improvements and attention among FM users, from the families' point of view. No method was used to formally evaluate such performances.
It was observed that, according to the parents' and guardians' perceptions, the use of FM systems improves the performance of hearing-impaired children in various acoustic situations, with special emphasis on speech recognition in noisy environments and at increased distances from the sound source. Although used in different contexts and situations, the FM system has brought greater benefits for the children in the school environment, according to the respondents.
评估家庭对适配于感音神经性听力损失儿童的调频（FM）系统益处的看法。
这是一项描述性、分析性横断面研究，参与对象为年龄在6至15岁的听力受损儿童的家庭成员，这些儿童使用助听器和/或人工耳蜗，并通过巴西统一卫生系统（SUS）的听力健康服务受益于FM系统。使用包含14个问题的儿童FM听力评估问卷来评估使用FM系统的益处、助听器和/或人工耳蜗的特性，以及儿童使用的FM系统的品牌/型号。
在所有情境分析（安静、嘈杂、仅听觉、距离）中，FM使用者和非使用者的问卷回复之间存在统计学上的显著差异，从家庭角度来看，FM使用者的学习表现更好，注意力有所改善。未使用任何方法来正式评估此类表现。
据观察，根据父母和监护人的看法，FM系统的使用可提高听力受损儿童在各种声学环境中的表现，尤其在嘈杂环境中以及与声源距离增加时的语音识别方面。尽管在不同的背景和情境中使用，但根据受访者的说法，FM系统给儿童在学校环境中带来了更大的益处。
