School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Sheffield Teaching Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Int J Audiol. 2020 Sep;59(9):694-706. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2020.1762126. Epub 2020 Jul 2.
Two studies explored hearing-aid user and audiologist experiences of hearing-aid use and fitting for music in the UK. One-hundred-seventy-six hearing-aid users (age range: 21-93 years; mean: 60.56 years) answered a 4-item questionnaire on music listening difficulties and discussions about music in clinic. 99 audiologists (age range: 22-71 years; mean: 39.18 years) answered a 36-item questionnaire on the frequency and type of discussions, training received, and strategies for optimizing hearing aids for music. Closed and open-ended questions were included. Sixty seven percent of hearing-aid users reported some degree of difficulty listening to music with hearing aids, and 58% had never discussed music in clinic. 50% of audiologists surveyed asked 1 in 5 (or fewer) patients about music and 67% had never received music-specific training. Audiologist training on music was significantly associated with confidence in providing advice, confidence in programming hearing aids for music, and programming hearing aids for music for a greater number of patients. Hearing-aid users' and audiologists' experiences of music remain mixed. In the absence of formalised training in optimizing hearing aids for music, there is a need for systematic research relating fitting strategies to clinical outcomes and the development of guidelines for audiologist training.
两项研究探索了英国助听器用户和听力学家在助听器使用和音乐适配方面的体验。176 名助听器用户（年龄范围：21-93 岁；平均：60.56 岁）回答了关于音乐聆听困难和诊所内音乐讨论的 4 项问卷。99 名听力学家（年龄范围：22-71 岁；平均：39.18 岁）回答了 36 项关于讨论频率和类型、接受的培训以及优化助听器音乐功能的策略的问卷。包括封闭式和开放式问题。67%的助听器用户报告在使用助听器听音乐时存在一定程度的困难，58%的用户从未在诊所内讨论过音乐。50%的听力学家调查询问了 1/5（或更少）的患者关于音乐的问题，67%的听力学家从未接受过专门的音乐培训。听力学家在音乐方面的培训与提供建议的信心、为音乐编程助听器的信心以及为更多患者编程助听器音乐功能的信心显著相关。助听器用户和听力学家在音乐方面的体验仍然存在差异。在缺乏针对优化助听器音乐功能的正式培训的情况下，有必要进行系统研究，将适配策略与临床结果联系起来，并制定听力学家培训指南。
