February 28, 2008

Last week was a pretty busy week. Monday I had several client's needing hearing aids or experiencing problems with their hearing aids. I did a complete HE/HAE with one woman who was really excited about getting hearing aids to see if they would help her. She lived at home by herself, but she watched HGTV all the time and said she had problems hearing her favorite TV show. I had another woman who needed her earhooks replaced bilaterally. Those were the most difficult earhooks to replace ever, you really had to push to get them to snap on. After we fixed the earhooks, the client told us about how much she relied on her hearing aids and how much benefit she received. She did stated she stil had problems in certain listening environments. We talked to her about the newly formed AR classes and she will actually be attending my sessions!

I found this article on the Multimedia Hearing Handicap Inventory. The article discussed the reliability and clinical utility of the inventory. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the test-retest reliability, the internal consistency, and the listners reactions to the design and functional utility of the inventory. After administering this inventory to 51 adults, they found high test-retest reliability and internal consistency.

Reference:
Holcomb, S.S., and Punch, J.L. (2006). Multimedia hearing handicap inventory: Reliability and clinical utility. American Journal of Audiology (15) 1:3.

If you would like to read this article, please click on the following link:
http://aja.asha.org/cgi/reprint/15/1/3?maxtoshow=