Programa de Mestrado Profissional em Saúde da Comunicação Humana, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo - FCMSCSP - São Paulo (SP), Brasil.
Codas. 2021 May 5;33(2):e20190196. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20202019196. eCollection 2021.
To check the degree of reliability of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ), in the assessment of the benefit in hearing aid users.
Thirty hearing impaired adults, candidates for use (novice users) or users whose hearing aids (experienced users) were being replaced, participated in the study. All participants underwent complete audiological evaluation, selection and fitting of hearing aids, which included checking measurements with a probe microphone and assessment of the benefit from using hearing aids with the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) questionnaire. A basic SSQ questionnaire was administered in the form of an interview. Later, four weeks after having started using new hearing aids, the versions B (for novice users) and C (for experienced users) of the SSQ questionnaire were administered.
Greater difficulty was identified in the Hearing for speech domain than in the other domains, namely Spatial hearing, and Qualities of hearing. Most participants found all questions easy to understand and reported they were compatible with the situations they dealt with in their daily life. Statistical analysis revealed a high Cronbach's alpha coefficient (>0.9), which is indicative of good internal consistency between the various items contained in the questionnaire. It proved to be a valuable tool for subjectively assessing communicative performance with and without the use of hearing aids.
The SSQ proved to be an instrument that is easy to administer and highly reliable, allowing for the assessment of the benefit in individuals who are undergoing auditory rehabilitation, and which can be administered to individuals using different types of hearing aids.
检查言语、空间和听觉质量量表（SSQ）在评估助听器使用者受益程度方面的可靠性程度。
30 名听力受损的成年人参与了这项研究，他们是助听器使用者（有经验的使用者）或正在更换助听器的候选者（新手使用者）。所有参与者都接受了完整的听力评估、助听器的选择和适配，包括使用探头麦克风检查测量值和使用言语、空间和听觉质量量表（SSQ）问卷评估使用助听器的受益程度。基本的 SSQ 问卷以访谈的形式进行。之后，在开始使用新助听器四周后，对新手使用者的 B 版（SSQ-B）和有经验使用者的 C 版（SSQ-C）的 SSQ 问卷进行了评估。
在言语理解方面比在空间听觉和听觉质量方面存在更大的困难。大多数参与者认为所有问题都容易理解，并报告说它们与日常生活中遇到的情况相匹配。统计分析显示，Cronbach's alpha 系数（>0.9）较高，这表明问卷中包含的各个项目之间具有良好的内部一致性。它被证明是一种有价值的工具，可以主观评估使用和不使用助听器时的交流表现。
SSQ 被证明是一种易于管理且高度可靠的工具，可用于评估正在接受听觉康复的个体的受益程度，并且可以对使用不同类型助听器的个体进行评估。
