title: Telephone usage in the hearing-impaired population.
abstract: The purpose of this project was to determine if the hearing-impaired population reports satisfaction with their ability to converse over the telephone in both aided and unaided situations. For this study, we surveyed 104 hearing-impaired persons using a 43 item questionnaire that investigates problems that hearing-impaired people encounter when using the telephone. The questionnaire also probes the solutions that hearing-impaired people use for overcoming these problems. Of the 91 respondents who wear hearing aids, 55% use their aids while operating the telephone. However, 70% of these respondents reported that coupling the hearing aid to the telephone is problematic. Use of a telephone amplifier was reported by 73% of the sampled population. The majority of the subjects, 75%, indicated an interest in improvements in telephone communications for hearing-impaired people.
authors: Department of Communication Disorders and Speech Science, University of Colorado, Boulder.
authors: L J
authors: LJ
authors: Kepler
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Terry
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Sweetman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003142:Communication; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D004423:Ear / Q000503:physiopathology; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone