Speech Related Hearing Aid Benefit Index Derived from Standardized Self-Reported Questionnaire Data

Sreeram Kaithali Narayanan, Tobias Piechowiak, Anne Wolff, Sabina Storbjerg Houmøller, Vijay Narne, Gérard Sylvian Jean Marie Loquet, Dan Dupont Hougaard, Michael Gaihede, Jesper Hvass Schmidt, Dorte Hammershøi

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Abstract

Speech understanding in noisy environments has been the most desiredhearing-aid (HA) benefit sought by HA users. This paper examines thepossibility of developing a speech-related HA benefit index from the speech-related questions in the self-reported questionnaire data. One question fromHealth-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) instrument 15D and nine questionsfrom the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) having adirect implication to speech were selected for the analysis. After applyingweights relevant to 15D, a delta of base-line (prior to HA fitting) and follow-up (two months after the initial fitting) responses to the selected questionswere determined. A principal component analysis (PCA) was performedon the scaled and centered delta values. The resultant principal componentscores were used to derive the composite index indicative of speech-relatedHA benefit.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research
Number of pages8
PublisherThe Danavox Jubilee Foundation
Publication date28 Feb 2020
Pages389-396
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2020
EventInternational Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research: Auditory Learning in Biological and Artificial Systems - Hotel Nyborg Strand, Nyborg, Denmark
Duration: 21 Aug 201923 Aug 2019
http://isaar.eu/

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research
LocationHotel Nyborg Strand
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityNyborg
Period21/08/201923/08/2019
Internet address
SeriesInternational Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research (ISAAR). Proceedings.
Volume7
ISSN2596-5522

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