title: [Degree of utilization of hearing aids by adults].
abstract: The amount of use of hearing aids was assessed in 190 adults and 22.6% of them used the aid always, 23.7% most of the day, 22.6% every day a little, 20.0% sometimes and 11.1% never. The hearing aids were used more by patients with profound hearing loss than by patients with moderate loss and more by younger and working subjects than by elderly and non-working ones.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Otolaryngologii Instytutu Chirurgii AM w Lublinie.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gołabek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowakowska
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siwiec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Stopień uzywania aparatów słuchowych u dorosłych.