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[APHAB scores for individual assessment of the benefit of hearing aid fitting].
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- "I do not hear you!": hearing-impaired cancer patients report their communication experiences.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023Article
- A Novel Representation of Audiological and Subjective Findings for Acoustical, Bone Conduction and Direct Drive Hearing Solutions.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
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- [Correlation between the APHAB questionnaire and the Freiburg monosyllabic test without + with noise].Laryngo- rhino- otologie · 2022Article
- [Possibilities to predict the success of an individual hearing aid fitting using the APHAB].Laryngo- rhino- otologie · 2022Article
- Long-term Outcomes of Bone Conduction Hearing Implants in Patients With Bilateral Microtia-atresia.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2019Article
- [Dependency of APHAB score in the ECHNO · 2018Article
- Minimal Reporting Standards for Active Middle Ear Hearing Implants.Audiology & neuro-otology · 2018Article
- Sensitivity and specificity of the abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit (APHAB).European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
- Some Considerations for the Use of the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) as a Hearing-Aid Outcome Measure.Trends in hearingReview
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Abstract
objectiveThe Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) questionnaire measures subjective hearing impairment on four different subscales pertaining to different listening situations. Using a very large patient cohort, this study aims to show how answers are distributed within the four subscales before and after hearing aid fitting, and what benefit the patients experience. The results are discussed on the basis of the available literature. PATIENTS AND
methodsBetween April 2013 and March 2016, 35,000 APHAB questionnaires from nine German statutory health insurance providers were evaluated. The average values before and after hearing aid fitting, as well as the benefit, were determined for all four APHAB subscales and analyzed graphically.
resultsThe results of the subjective evaluation of hearing impairment before and after hearing aid fitting and the resultant benefit were plotted by percentile distribution graphs and boxplots. The data were analyzed statistically. There was no overlap of the interquartile ranges before and after hearing aid fitting in any of the APHAB subscales. In three scales (EC, BN and RV), the median improvement after hearing aid fitting was nearly 30 percentage points. In the AV subscale, this value was slightly negative. DISCUSSION: The percentile distribution graphs used in this study allow individual evaluation of subjective hearing impairment before and after hearing aid fitting, as well as of the resultant benefit, on the background of a huge database. Additionally, it is demonstrated why presentation as boxplots and the average benefit values calculated from these is problematic.
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