title: The Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults: psychometric adequacy and audiometric correlates.
abstract: The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) was modified for use with younger hearing-impaired adults (less than 65 years of age). Similar to the HHIE, the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), is a 25-item self-assessment scale composed of two subscales (emotional and social/situational). Replacement questions from the HHIE which form the HHIA focus on the occupational effects of hearing loss. For 67 hearing-impaired adults, the HHIA demonstrated high internal consistency reliability and a low standard error of measurement. Audiometric correlates of the HHIA revealed weak, yet statistically significant relationships with pure-tone sensitivity and supra-threshold word recognition ability. These findings support the use of self-report handicap measures with adults in that audiometric measures alone are insufficient in describing a patient's reaction to their hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Division of Audiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hug
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001302:Audiometry, Speech; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires