Comparison of HHIE and HHIE-s Results in People over 70 Years of Age
HAN Ying
ZHOU Qiyou
JI Fei
Abstract：Objective To compare the results between Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) and its screening version (HHIE-S) in elderly people over 70 years of age with hearing handicap. Methods One hundred and twenty people over 70 years participated in the survey using HHIE or HHIE-S respectively. Hearing function handicap scores from HHIE and HHIE-S were compared. Results HHIE scores identified 41 subjects with hearing function handicap (mild-to-mod-erate in 24 and maximum in 17). In comparison, HHIE-S identified 39 subjects with hearing function handicap (mild-to-mod-erate in 27 and maximum in 12). No significant difference was found between the results from HHIE and HHIE-S (X2=1.064, P=0.588). Conclusion HHIE-S can be used as a convenient screening tool in investigating hearing handicap in elderly peo-ple, with similar validity as HHIE.
Keywords：Hearing function handicapQuestionnaireElderly
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 250-252 )