WILLIAM WHITMER bill.whitmer@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Investigator Scientist
Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire
Whitmer, William M.; Howell, Patrick; Akeroyd, Michael A.
Authors
Patrick Howell
Professor MICHAEL AKEROYD MICHAEL.AKEROYD@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Hearing Sciences
Abstract
Objective: To form a normative set of responses to the GHABP questionnaire from a large regional dataset. Design: Participants were asked to rate their hearing disability, handicap, hearing-aid (HA) use, HA benefit, HA satisfaction, and residual (aided) disability on a five-point scale for four situations: quiet conversation, television (TV) listening, noisy conversation, and group conversation. A subset of participants also estimated the time spent in these situations. Study sample: A group of 1574 adults with normal to profound hearing thresholds participated. Results: There was a significant relationship between increasing perceived disability and increasing hearing loss as given by the better-ear audiometric average (BEA). Responses for HA measures did not vary greatly with hearing loss: HA use was reported as high, whereas residual disability, HA benefit, and satisfaction were all reported on average as moderate. Conclusions: The results can be used as a normative dataset with which to evaluate individual responses in the clinic, where the GHABP provides a useful short-form questionnaire to engage the patient. The lack of systematic changes in hearing-aid related responses shows room for improvement in the benefit afforded by amplification.
Citation
Whitmer, W. M., Howell, P., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2014). Proposed norms for the Glasgow hearing-aid benefit profile (Ghabp) questionnaire. International Journal of Audiology, 53(5), 345-351. https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2013.876110
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 2, 2013 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 3, 2014 |
Publication Date | 2014-05 |
Deposit Date | Dec 13, 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Audiology |
Print ISSN | 1499-2027 |
Electronic ISSN | 1708-8186 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis Open |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 53 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 345-351 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3109/14992027.2013.876110 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1411904 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/14992027.2013.876110 |
Related Public URLs | https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4067542 |
Additional Information | Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=iija20 |
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