Test-retest reliability of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly using two administration approaches.
Previous investigation with the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly demonstrated high test-retest reliability for face to face/face to face and paper-pencil/paper-pencil administration techniques. From a practical standpoint, a face to face administration followed by a paper-pencil readministration may be a preferable method. The present study evaluated the latter administration approach in a sample of hearing-impaired elderly men. The high test-retest reliability correlations which emerged suggest that the face to face/paper-pencil measurement technique can be adopted for quantifying changes in self-perceived hearing handicap following audiologic intervention especially when clients are unable to return for hearing aid follow-up.
Newman
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Division of Audiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
Weinstein
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics