2002 Volume 45 Issue 1 Pages 89-101
The scale was designed to assess the effects of auditory rehabilitation including hearing aid fitting. First we collected 303 items and after discussion on the content relevance, we selected 50 items for the first version. The questionnaire consisting of 50 items was tested on 266 patients wearing no hearing aids and 154 patients with hearing aids. The average age of the patients was 66.5±14.1 years and the average hearing level was 50.2±13.8dB. The factor analyses revealed 3 subscales: disability, handicap and communication strategy. In order to reduce the number of items in the questionnaire for clinical use, we selected 28 items based on the result of the pilot test. The relevance and reliability of the second version should be assessed in future.
