Weinberger FP, González SDF, Gómez GA, Prado CHM

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Objective: To compare the score of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening Version (HHIE-S) quality of life questionnaire in older adult patients with hearing loss, before and three months after the adaptation of an external hearing aid.
Materials and Methods: An observational, analytical, prospective, longitudinal and prolective study including older adults who attended the Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez General Hospital, Mexico City, with hearing loss and who were candidates for hearing aid adaptation. The HHIE-S questionnaire was administered before and three months after the hearing aid fitting. The results obtained in the questionnaire were compared and the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, the pattern of use and laterality of the hearing aids of the patients studied were described.
Results: There were included 18 patients. The results showed a significant improvement in the total score (28.8 vs 9.3), emotional (13.4 vs 4.5) and social (15.4 vs 4.7) before and three months after the placement of the hearing aid in the HHIE-S questionnaire (p = 0.001). The average age of the patients studied was 75.5 years and the majority were women. Most patients had a diagnosis of presbycusis (n = 16) and 9 reported a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
Conclusions: The placement of hearing aids improves the quality of life in the social and emotional aspects of older adults with hearing loss. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to identify and treat hearing loss in older adults to impact the quality of life of these patients.

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