Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the use of the frequency modulation (FM) systems. The degree of speech perception in various school environment and participation in the class using the FM systems for hearing-impaired students and teachers who use the FM systems in integrated education.Methods: Questions were composed of multiple-choice statements that can check for duplicate answers and short-answer for questions developed as a mobile app and implemented by sending individual text messages. The subjects were elementary, middle, and high school eight students receiving integrated education and their eight teachers.Results: The overall opinion of using the FM systems was ‘very satisfied’ for all students, and 75% of teachers showed more satisfaction. FM systems were used in various environments, curriculum activity, experiential learning, practice, group activities, and audiovisual education through media such as TV or computer. The FM system was helpful at any distance in quiet, noisy, or reverberant environments. Using the FM system, the hearing-impaired student felt positive effects when listening to the conversation of the teacher or other friends, but felt negative effects when the teacher and other friends did not understand the speech of the hearing-impaired student.Conclusion: FM systems provided a better classroom acoustic environment for hearing-impaired students. Understanding classroom acoustics such as noise situation, signal-to-noise ratio, and reverberation time expects effective physical integration for the integrated education of hearing-impaired students.
{"title":"Using Frequency Modulation System of Hearing-Impaired Students with Integrated Education","authors":"Woon-Shik Choi, E. Shin","doi":"10.21848/asr.220065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220065","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate and analyze the use of the frequency modulation (FM) systems. The degree of speech perception in various school environment and participation in the class using the FM systems for hearing-impaired students and teachers who use the FM systems in integrated education.Methods: Questions were composed of multiple-choice statements that can check for duplicate answers and short-answer for questions developed as a mobile app and implemented by sending individual text messages. The subjects were elementary, middle, and high school eight students receiving integrated education and their eight teachers.Results: The overall opinion of using the FM systems was ‘very satisfied’ for all students, and 75% of teachers showed more satisfaction. FM systems were used in various environments, curriculum activity, experiential learning, practice, group activities, and audiovisual education through media such as TV or computer. The FM system was helpful at any distance in quiet, noisy, or reverberant environments. Using the FM system, the hearing-impaired student felt positive effects when listening to the conversation of the teacher or other friends, but felt negative effects when the teacher and other friends did not understand the speech of the hearing-impaired student.Conclusion: FM systems provided a better classroom acoustic environment for hearing-impaired students. Understanding classroom acoustics such as noise situation, signal-to-noise ratio, and reverberation time expects effective physical integration for the integrated education of hearing-impaired students.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82302978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The importance of tele-audiology service delivery and accessibility has highlighted with the COVID-19 pandemic. Tele-audiology is an alternative method delivering various hearing intervention services including counselling, evaluation, fitting, and rehabilitation through telecommunication. The essential goal of tele-audiology service delivery is to obtain the best hearing rehabilitation outcomes equivalent to face-to-face service. Even though it has several advantages in aspects of service accessibility and effectiveness, convenience, and cost, still there are many challenges faced by audiologists, clients and administrators in order to implement tele-services in Korea. The present brief communication seeks to raise awareness in preparing and delivering the tele-audiology services with several considerations and challenges. We also focus on professional liability and training, service environment and information technology, and establishment of social system underling the tele-audiology service delivery in Korea.
{"title":"The Consideration of Tele-Audiology Service Delivery in Korea","authors":"S. Oh, Junghwa Bahng","doi":"10.21848/asr.220079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220079","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of tele-audiology service delivery and accessibility has highlighted with the COVID-19 pandemic. Tele-audiology is an alternative method delivering various hearing intervention services including counselling, evaluation, fitting, and rehabilitation through telecommunication. The essential goal of tele-audiology service delivery is to obtain the best hearing rehabilitation outcomes equivalent to face-to-face service. Even though it has several advantages in aspects of service accessibility and effectiveness, convenience, and cost, still there are many challenges faced by audiologists, clients and administrators in order to implement tele-services in Korea. The present brief communication seeks to raise awareness in preparing and delivering the tele-audiology services with several considerations and challenges. We also focus on professional liability and training, service environment and information technology, and establishment of social system underling the tele-audiology service delivery in Korea.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82952219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: Sound therapy is a useful rehabilitation approach that focuses on listening to external stimuli to reduce the perception of and negative reactions to tinnitus. In this study, we investigated whether the benefits of sound therapy for tinnitus were maintained after treatment completion.Methods: The study included 18 adults with chronic sensorineural tinnitus. The intervention used was sound therapy based on the mixing point level of each participant. Participants received sound therapy for 6 months; the Korean version of the Tinnitus Primary Function Questionnaire was administered before, after, and 6 months after completion of sound therapy to confirm any resolution of tinnitus.Results: The beneficial effects against tinnitus were maintained even 6 months post-therapy in 18 participants who showed significant improvement in mean questionnaire scores following sound therapy. With regard to the mean total score and mean subscale scores of emotion, sleep, concentration, and hearing, improvements between the baseline and 6-month follow-up were 24.22, 26.23, 25.22, 29.56, and 15.89, respectively.Conclusion: Sound therapy may be a potentially useful strategy that maintains improvement in tinnitus even after treatment. This fact may be useful to hearing professionals who may consider sound therapy for management of tinnitus.
{"title":"Maintenance of Improvement in Tinnitus after Tinnitus Sound Therapy: A 6-Month Follow-Up Study","authors":"TaeRim Lee, YeonWoo Sim, In-Ki Jin","doi":"10.21848/asr.220071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220071","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Sound therapy is a useful rehabilitation approach that focuses on listening to external stimuli to reduce the perception of and negative reactions to tinnitus. In this study, we investigated whether the benefits of sound therapy for tinnitus were maintained after treatment completion.Methods: The study included 18 adults with chronic sensorineural tinnitus. The intervention used was sound therapy based on the mixing point level of each participant. Participants received sound therapy for 6 months; the Korean version of the Tinnitus Primary Function Questionnaire was administered before, after, and 6 months after completion of sound therapy to confirm any resolution of tinnitus.Results: The beneficial effects against tinnitus were maintained even 6 months post-therapy in 18 participants who showed significant improvement in mean questionnaire scores following sound therapy. With regard to the mean total score and mean subscale scores of emotion, sleep, concentration, and hearing, improvements between the baseline and 6-month follow-up were 24.22, 26.23, 25.22, 29.56, and 15.89, respectively.Conclusion: Sound therapy may be a potentially useful strategy that maintains improvement in tinnitus even after treatment. This fact may be useful to hearing professionals who may consider sound therapy for management of tinnitus.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84530440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine test-retest reliability and validity of the adaptive Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test for elderly group with normal hearing (ENH) and elderly group with hearing impairment (EHI).Methods: Twenty ENH listeners and 20 EHI listeners based on the World Health Organization (WHO)-proposed hearing-impairment grade participated. For the test-retest reliability of the Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test, each subject was assessed twice in a 2-week interval using three types of noise: speech-shaped noise, International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology noise, and International Speech Test Signal. The test-retest agreement was judged by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots. To differentiate between real change and random measurement error, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable change (MDC) were also obtained as another reliability index. For the concurrent validity, the results of the Matrix test were compared to the results of the Korean-version Hearing In Noise Test (K-HINT).Results: The test-retest reliability was good to excellent for ENH and EHI groups (ICC, 0.84~0.98). Both groups showed stable reliability, but the ENH group showed smaller SEM and MDC values than the EHI group. No systematic errors were found from the Bland-Altman plots. The correlation between the results of the Matrix test and the K-HINT test was high, revealing good concurrent validity.Conclusion: The Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test appeared to be valid and reliable for the elderly. The Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test can be utilized for clinical measurement of the speech-in-noise ability of elderly individuals.
{"title":"Reliability and Validity of the Korean Matrix Sentence-in-Noise Recognition Test for Older Listeners with Normal Hearing and with Hearing Impairment","authors":"Yukyung Jung, J. Han, H. Choi, J. Lee","doi":"10.21848/asr.220077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220077","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine test-retest reliability and validity of the adaptive Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test for elderly group with normal hearing (ENH) and elderly group with hearing impairment (EHI).Methods: Twenty ENH listeners and 20 EHI listeners based on the World Health Organization (WHO)-proposed hearing-impairment grade participated. For the test-retest reliability of the Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test, each subject was assessed twice in a 2-week interval using three types of noise: speech-shaped noise, International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology noise, and International Speech Test Signal. The test-retest agreement was judged by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman plots. To differentiate between real change and random measurement error, the standard error of measurement (SEM) and the minimal detectable change (MDC) were also obtained as another reliability index. For the concurrent validity, the results of the Matrix test were compared to the results of the Korean-version Hearing In Noise Test (K-HINT).Results: The test-retest reliability was good to excellent for ENH and EHI groups (ICC, 0.84~0.98). Both groups showed stable reliability, but the ENH group showed smaller SEM and MDC values than the EHI group. No systematic errors were found from the Bland-Altman plots. The correlation between the results of the Matrix test and the K-HINT test was high, revealing good concurrent validity.Conclusion: The Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test appeared to be valid and reliable for the elderly. The Korean matrix sentence-in-noise test can be utilized for clinical measurement of the speech-in-noise ability of elderly individuals.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78123736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Jo, Mikyung Lee, Jihun Kim, Eunchul Choi, Hyungoo Lee, Kyoungwon Lee
{"title":"Changes in Speech Recognition Scores and Sound Quality According to Gain Adjustment in High Frequency Bands","authors":"H. Jo, Mikyung Lee, Jihun Kim, Eunchul Choi, Hyungoo Lee, Kyoungwon Lee","doi":"10.21848/asr.220055.e1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220055.e1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77367066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the perspectives of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in South Korea about treating adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.Methods: Survey results of 107 SLPs in South Korea were analyzed in the current study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis procedures.Results: Majority of the participants (92/107 participants) had treatment experience of adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities. However, such a treatment was mainly for middle- and high-school students with developmental disabilities. Furthermore the recognition of necessity of therapy, knowledge and confidence level were higher for middle- and high-school students than adults with developmental disabilities (p < 0.05). In addition, most participants acknowledged that the lack of financial support was a reason for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities not to receive speech language treatment.Conclusion: The results of the current study emphasized that financial support would be needed to provide more appropriate speech language treatment for adults with developmental disabilities. In addition, there should be more re-education programs on developmental disabilities in order to help SLPs to provide more efficient treatment for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.
{"title":"Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Treating Adolescents and Adults with Developmental Disabilities","authors":"Mi Jin Lee, Seong Hee Choi, Chul-Hee Choi, K. Lee","doi":"10.21848/asr.210045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.210045","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the perspectives of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in South Korea about treating adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.Methods: Survey results of 107 SLPs in South Korea were analyzed in the current study. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis procedures.Results: Majority of the participants (92/107 participants) had treatment experience of adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities. However, such a treatment was mainly for middle- and high-school students with developmental disabilities. Furthermore the recognition of necessity of therapy, knowledge and confidence level were higher for middle- and high-school students than adults with developmental disabilities (p < 0.05). In addition, most participants acknowledged that the lack of financial support was a reason for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities not to receive speech language treatment.Conclusion: The results of the current study emphasized that financial support would be needed to provide more appropriate speech language treatment for adults with developmental disabilities. In addition, there should be more re-education programs on developmental disabilities in order to help SLPs to provide more efficient treatment for adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"93 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78005976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: Sound is localized by two ears. People with bilaterally severe-to-profound hearing loss may struggle to identify the direction of a sound if their hearing device delivers sound only one ear due to the loss of binaural advantage. The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate the sound localization performance of people with unilateral cochlear implant users. Methods: Ten unilateral cochlear implant users and 10 normal hearing adults participated in this study. Sound localization tests were conducted using five stimuli (speech, speech with noise, 500 Hz warble tone, 1 kHz warble tone, and 4 kHz warble tone) presented from eight loud-speakers. Correct responses and root- mean-square errors were obtained to investigate the localization performances and error patterns. Additional factors including the Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire were also analyzed. Results: Localization performance was significantly poor in the unilateral cochlear implant group showing polar patterns toward their hearing side. While the normal hearing group showed better localization for speech in quiet conditions compared to 500 Hz warble tone, the cochlear implant group did not show any statistical difference in performance across the stimuli due to their very poor performance. The Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire was associated with localization performance in limited conditions. Conclusion: The present study revealed that unilateral cochlear implant users correctly localize a sound at nearly chance levels. The Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire predict localization performance for unilateral cochlear implant users only for particular conditions.
{"title":"Sound Localization in Unilateral Cochlear Implant Users","authors":"Sungmin Lee","doi":"10.21848/asr.220001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220001","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Sound is localized by two ears. People with bilaterally severe-to-profound hearing loss may struggle to identify the direction of a sound if their hearing device delivers sound only one ear due to the loss of binaural advantage. The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate the sound localization performance of people with unilateral cochlear implant users. Methods: Ten unilateral cochlear implant users and 10 normal hearing adults participated in this study. Sound localization tests were conducted using five stimuli (speech, speech with noise, 500 Hz warble tone, 1 kHz warble tone, and 4 kHz warble tone) presented from eight loud-speakers. Correct responses and root- mean-square errors were obtained to investigate the localization performances and error patterns. Additional factors including the Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire were also analyzed. Results: Localization performance was significantly poor in the unilateral cochlear implant group showing polar patterns toward their hearing side. While the normal hearing group showed better localization for speech in quiet conditions compared to 500 Hz warble tone, the cochlear implant group did not show any statistical difference in performance across the stimuli due to their very poor performance. The Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire was associated with localization performance in limited conditions. Conclusion: The present study revealed that unilateral cochlear implant users correctly localize a sound at nearly chance levels. The Korean-Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Questionnaire predict localization performance for unilateral cochlear implant users only for particular conditions.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91053522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: This study investigates the knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing loss and hearing aids (HA) and cochlear implants (CI) based on background. Methods: A total of 356 adults, including users of HA and CI participated with a variety of background variables, including age, use of amplification, experience with hearing-impaired listeners, and educational majors in audiology and speech-language pathology. The group completed 10 questions on their knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing loss, HA and CI. Results: Almost all the participants understood HA and CI, but HA and CI users had a low level of knowledge of hearing loss, HA and CI. Participants had positive attitudes toward HA and CI. However, HA and CI current users were mystified by their hearing devices. They had no negative attitudes toward hearing devices that is worn by people with hearing loss, but non-users felt uncomfortable if others noticed they were using HA and CI. Students with audiology and speech-language pathology majors showed greater knowledge and more positive attitudes toward hearing loss and HA and CI. Conclusion: Despite most participants having a good knowledge of hearing loss, current device users had a rather low level of knowledge about hearing loss and their devices. These results indicate that users need more education about hearing loss and their own devices. Further, some non-users felt a stigma toward the use of HA and CI. These results suggest that more education is needed for better knowledge and more positive attitudes toward hearing loss and both HA and CI.
{"title":"Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cochlear Implants in Adults","authors":"Chang Kyu Kim, Junghwa Bahng","doi":"10.21848/asr.220061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220061","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study investigates the knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing loss and hearing aids (HA) and cochlear implants (CI) based on background. Methods: A total of 356 adults, including users of HA and CI participated with a variety of background variables, including age, use of amplification, experience with hearing-impaired listeners, and educational majors in audiology and speech-language pathology. The group completed 10 questions on their knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing loss, HA and CI. Results: Almost all the participants understood HA and CI, but HA and CI users had a low level of knowledge of hearing loss, HA and CI. Participants had positive attitudes toward HA and CI. However, HA and CI current users were mystified by their hearing devices. They had no negative attitudes toward hearing devices that is worn by people with hearing loss, but non-users felt uncomfortable if others noticed they were using HA and CI. Students with audiology and speech-language pathology majors showed greater knowledge and more positive attitudes toward hearing loss and HA and CI. Conclusion: Despite most participants having a good knowledge of hearing loss, current device users had a rather low level of knowledge about hearing loss and their devices. These results indicate that users need more education about hearing loss and their own devices. Further, some non-users felt a stigma toward the use of HA and CI. These results suggest that more education is needed for better knowledge and more positive attitudes toward hearing loss and both HA and CI.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88279763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate hearing aid satisfaction, quality of life, and tinnitus of elderly hearing aid users to help hearing aid rehabilitation of the elderly. Methods: A total of 50 elderly hearing aid users (average age 75.7 years) with or without tinnitus participated in this study. We implemented pure tone audiometry and tinnitogram and conducted four questionnaires including Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL), World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).Results: Positive correlations were found between SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores. The average total SADL scores and WHOQOL-BREF scores are 5 points and 3.4 points respectively. There were no significant differences in the average SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores between the elderly with tinnitus and the elderly without tinnitus. About 90% of the elderly with tinnitus described high frequency tinnitus above 2,000 Hz. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents had an experience of tinnitus therapy and 67% of the elderly with tinnitus therapy experiences reported that tinnitus therapy was not helpful. Ninety-two percent of the respondents stated that wearing hearing aid was helpful to reduce their tinnitus. The emotional and catastrophic subscales of THI were correlated with VAS scores. Conclusion: Positive correlations were found between SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores regardless of tinnitus presence. Tinnitus of elderly hearing users was not directly related to the quality of life and successful hearing aid intervention could be a key factor in improving the quality of life of the elderly.
{"title":"A Survey Study of Hearing Aid Satisfaction, Quality of Life, and Tinnitus of Elderly Hearing Aid Users","authors":"M. Park, Soonyoung Oh","doi":"10.21848/asr.220062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.220062","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate hearing aid satisfaction, quality of life, and tinnitus of elderly hearing aid users to help hearing aid rehabilitation of the elderly. Methods: A total of 50 elderly hearing aid users (average age 75.7 years) with or without tinnitus participated in this study. We implemented pure tone audiometry and tinnitogram and conducted four questionnaires including Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL), World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI).Results: Positive correlations were found between SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores. The average total SADL scores and WHOQOL-BREF scores are 5 points and 3.4 points respectively. There were no significant differences in the average SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores between the elderly with tinnitus and the elderly without tinnitus. About 90% of the elderly with tinnitus described high frequency tinnitus above 2,000 Hz. Eighty-eight percent of the respondents had an experience of tinnitus therapy and 67% of the elderly with tinnitus therapy experiences reported that tinnitus therapy was not helpful. Ninety-two percent of the respondents stated that wearing hearing aid was helpful to reduce their tinnitus. The emotional and catastrophic subscales of THI were correlated with VAS scores. Conclusion: Positive correlations were found between SADL and WHOQOL-BREF scores regardless of tinnitus presence. Tinnitus of elderly hearing users was not directly related to the quality of life and successful hearing aid intervention could be a key factor in improving the quality of life of the elderly.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76488236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify relationships performances among subjective memory, objective memory, and naming of healthy elderly adults. Methods: A total of 77 healthy elderly adults aged 65 or older in South Korea participated in this study. Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire was used to evaluate the subjective memory loss of the elderly, and the Seoul Verbal Learning Test was used to evaluate objective memory. The Korean version of Boston Naming Test was used as a confrontation naming task and Controlled Oral Word Association Test was used as a generative naming task. Results: First, the subjective memory and objective memory of the healthy elderly adults showed a significant correlation, and the naming performances of the healthy elderly adults showed a significant correlation with the recall ability of the objective memory. In addition, it could be seen that the ‘supermarket’ category of the generative naming was a task that reflected both subjective and objective memory of the general elderly. Conclusion: The results of this study are meaningful in that they have identified the usefulness of subjective memory reporting at clinical sites and in that they have presented basic data on the subjective·objective memory and the naming performances of healthy elderly adults.
{"title":"Relationship among the Performances of Subjective Memory, Objective Memory, and Naming in Healthy Elderly Adults","authors":"Minji Suh, Hyunjoo Choi","doi":"10.21848/asr.210032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.210032","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify relationships performances among subjective memory, objective memory, and naming of healthy elderly adults. Methods: A total of 77 healthy elderly adults aged 65 or older in South Korea participated in this study. Subjective Memory Complaints Questionnaire was used to evaluate the subjective memory loss of the elderly, and the Seoul Verbal Learning Test was used to evaluate objective memory. The Korean version of Boston Naming Test was used as a confrontation naming task and Controlled Oral Word Association Test was used as a generative naming task. Results: First, the subjective memory and objective memory of the healthy elderly adults showed a significant correlation, and the naming performances of the healthy elderly adults showed a significant correlation with the recall ability of the objective memory. In addition, it could be seen that the ‘supermarket’ category of the generative naming was a task that reflected both subjective and objective memory of the general elderly. Conclusion: The results of this study are meaningful in that they have identified the usefulness of subjective memory reporting at clinical sites and in that they have presented basic data on the subjective·objective memory and the naming performances of healthy elderly adults.","PeriodicalId":36841,"journal":{"name":"Audiology and Speech Research","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80528829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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