Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29532108›Full record

ArticleHNO2018

[Dependency of APHAB score in the EC

J Löhler, O Wegner, B Wollenberg, R Schönweiler

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Article in HNO, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

J LöhlerWissenschaftliches Institut für angewandte HNO-Heilkunde (WIAHNO), Deutscher Berufsverband der HNO-Ärzte e. V., Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland. loehler@hno-aerzte.de.
O WegnerKlinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland.
B WollenbergKlinik für HNO-Heilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland.
R SchönweilerSektion für Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie (in der Klinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde), Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Deutschland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) determines subjective impairment by hearing loss in four situations before and after hearing aid fitting. The first part (APHAB PATIENTS AND

methodsThe data of 1755 patients were analyzed, whose APHAB answers and pure-tone thresholds had been collected during hearing aid fitting. Group 1 had an average EC

resultsThe 616 members of group 1 were significantly younger (68.7 vs. 73.0 years) and comprised more females (53.9 vs. 46.1%) than the 1139 members of group 2. Hearing was frequency specific in group 1, and hearing loss as classified using standard audiograms and according to the three-frequency table was significantly lower in group 1 than in group 2,

conclusionThe distribution with two maximums in the EC

Indexed as

DeafnessHearing AidsHearing LossFemaleHearingHearing TestsHumansSurveys and QuestionnairesAudiometryData collectionHearing aidsIndividual differencesQuestionnaires

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PMID29532108

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