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A novel representation of audiological and subjective findings for acoustical, bone conduction and direct drive hearing solutions

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  • Background: The benefit of hearing rehabilitation is often measured using audiological tests or subjective questionnaires/interviews. It is important to consider both aspects in order to evaluate the overall benefits. Currently, there is no standardized method for reporting combined audiological and patient reported subjective outcome measures in clinical practice. Therefore, this study focuses on showing the patient’s audiological, as well as subjective outcomes in one graph using data from an existing study. Method: The present paperBackground: The benefit of hearing rehabilitation is often measured using audiological tests or subjective questionnaires/interviews. It is important to consider both aspects in order to evaluate the overall benefits. Currently, there is no standardized method for reporting combined audiological and patient reported subjective outcome measures in clinical practice. Therefore, this study focuses on showing the patient’s audiological, as well as subjective outcomes in one graph using data from an existing study. Method: The present paper illustrated a graph presenting data on four quadrants with audiological and subjective findings. These quadrants represented speech comprehension in quiet (unaided vs. aided) as WRS% at 65 dB SPL, speech recognition in noise (unaided vs. aided) as SRT dB SNR, sound field threshold (unaided vs. aided) as PTA\(_4\) in dB HL, wearing time and patient satisfaction questionnaire results. Results: As an example, the HEARRING graph in this paper represented audiological and subjective datasets on a single patient level or a cohort of patients for an active bone conduction hearing implant solution. The graph offered the option to follow the user’s performance in time. Conclusion: The HEARRING graph allowed representation of a combination of audiological measures with patient reported outcomes in one single graph, indicating the overall benefit of the intervention. In addition, the correlation and consistency between some results (e.g., aided threshold and aided WRS) can be better visualized. Those users who lacked performance benefits on one or more parameters and called for further insight could be visually identified.show moreshow less

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Author: Georg Mathias Sprinzl, Astrid Magele, Philipp Schoerg, Rudolf Hagen, Kristen Rak, Anja Kurz, Paul Van de Heyning, Miryam Calvino, Luis Lassaletta, Javier Gavilán
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-311210
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenkrankheiten, plastische und ästhetische Operationen
Language:English
Parent Title (English):Journal of Personalized Medicine
ISSN:2075-4426
Year of Completion:2023
Volume:13
Issue:3
Article Number:462
Source:Journal of Personalized Medicine (2023) 13:3, 462. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13030462
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13030462
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:bone conduction implant; hearing aids
Release Date:2024/03/06
Date of first Publication:2023/03/01
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International