Gordon-Salant S, Lantz J, Fitzgibbons P
Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
Ear Hear. 1994 Jun;15(3):262-5. doi: 10.1097/00003446-199406000-00007.
This study investigated the effects of age on self-perceived hearing disability among young and elderly people with comparable hearing sensitivity. Subjects were young (18-40 yr) and elderly (65-75 yr) listeners with either normal hearing sensitivity or mild-to-moderate sloping sensorineural hearing loss. The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly was presented to the older subjects and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults was presented to the younger subjects. Statistical analyses revealed an interaction between age and hearing loss, in which younger subjects with hearing loss reported more handicapping effects of sensitivity loss than the elderly subjects with hearing loss. This age effect was not attributed to differences in hearing sensitivity between the young and elderly subjects with hearing impairment.
本研究调查了年龄对听力敏感度相当的年轻人和老年人自我感知听力残疾的影响。研究对象为听力敏感度正常或轻度至中度斜坡型感音神经性听力损失的年轻（18 - 40岁）和老年（65 - 75岁）听众。向老年受试者发放《老年人听力障碍调查表》，向年轻受试者发放《成人听力障碍调查表》。统计分析显示年龄与听力损失之间存在交互作用，即听力损失的年轻受试者比听力损失的老年受试者报告了更多听力敏感度损失带来的障碍影响。这种年龄效应并非归因于有听力障碍的年轻和老年受试者在听力敏感度上的差异。
