Andersson G, Green M, Melin L
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Behav Res Ther. 1997 Jun;35(6):523-30. doi: 10.1016/s0005-7967(97)00009-0.
Nineteen elderly hearing impaired subjects participated in an experimental treatment study and received either behavioural hearing tactics or served as untreated controls. Treatment was supplied in the form of a self-help treatment manual supplied with telephone contacts during 4 consecutive weeks. The treatment manual included applied relaxation, communication strategies training, advice to relatives, information, and coping skills. Assessments (pre-post) were conducted in a structured interview measuring coping behaviour. In order to evoke behavioural compensation small acoustic provocations were included in the interview. Pre-post assessments also included questionnaires, daily registered hearing problems, and hours of daily hearing aid use. Results showed significant beneficial effects in favour of the treatment in terms of self-assessed problems and behaviour change.
19名老年听力受损受试者参与了一项实验性治疗研究，他们要么接受行为听力策略治疗，要么作为未接受治疗的对照组。治疗以自助治疗手册的形式提供，在连续4周内提供电话联系方式。治疗手册包括应用放松、沟通策略训练、给亲属的建议、信息以及应对技巧。评估（治疗前后）通过结构化访谈进行，以测量应对行为。为了引发行为补偿，访谈中包含了小的声学刺激。治疗前后的评估还包括问卷调查、每日记录的听力问题以及每日使用助听器的时长。结果显示，在自我评估的问题和行为改变方面，治疗取得了显著的有益效果。
