title: [Communication strategies used by individuals with moderate sensorineural hearing loss].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  communication strategies (CS) are mechanisms used to facilitate speech comprehension and the transmission of a message to another speaker.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  to characterize the communication strategies used by 20 adults, fitted with hearing aids, with moderate sensorineural hearing loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  a 60 minute interview, with an audiologist, with and without the hearing aid.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the CS which prevailed were those of a cognitive and palliative nature in the situations with and without the hearing aid.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  most of the individuals used the communication strategies to facilitate the recognition of the message.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudióloga, Especialista em Audiologia Clínica e Educacional do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofacias da Universidade de São Paulo. jakmello@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Jaqueline Medeiros
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Jerusa Roberta Massola
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Ana Helena Bannwart
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Dell'Aringa
authors.forename: Valdéia Vieira
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Carolina Chibeni
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Zacare
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003142:Communication; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception