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Lois J. Matthews, MS; Fu-Shing Lee, PhD; John H. Mills, PhD; Donald J. Schum, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116(11):1325-1330.

Abstract
• This study compares self-perceived assessment of hearing handicap with audiometrically derived measures of hearing handicap in a sample of elderly persons. Subjects were evaluated by traditional audiometric tests, the Speech Perception in Noise test, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly, a self-assessment questionnaire. Hearing handicap was also calculated by the audiometrically derived American Academy of Otolaryngology (1979) method. Our results are consistent with other studies that indicate a low correspondence between audiometric measures of hearing handicap and self-assessment of hearing handicap. Furthermore, if the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly is considered the true measure of hearing handicap, our data indicate that the American Academy of Otolaryngology method tends to overestimate handicap among persons with no self-perceived hearing handicap and underestimates handicap among persons with significant self-perceived hearing handicap.

(Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116:1325-1330)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 2, 1990.

Reprint requests to the Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425 (Ms Matthews).

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