title: The Practical Hearing Aids Skills Test-Revised.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the present study was to revise the Practical Hearing Aid Skills Test (PHAST; Desjardins & Doherty, 2009) for clinical use.
  
  
  METHODS
  The original PHAST 5-point rating scale was revised to a 3-point rating scale, and the battery and hearing aid cleaning skill tasks were revised to include additional actions necessary to perform these tasks. The revised version of the PHAST is referred to as the Practical Hearing Aid Skills Test-Revised (PHAST-R). The data obtained in the Desjardins and Doherty (2009) study with the original PHAST 5-point rating scale were re-analyzed in the present study using the PHAST-R 3-point rating scale. Also, the PHAST-R was piloted on 15 experienced hearing aid users in a clinical setting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The secondary data analysis of the original PHAST scores showed no significant difference between participants' percentage correct scores using the original PHAST 5-point rating scale and the PHAST-R 3-point rating scale. PHAST-R scores for the group of 15 experienced hearing aid users ranged from 61.29% to 100% (M = 88.48, SD = 12.6).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians were able to use the PHAST-R to quickly and objectively identify hearing aid orientation problems for which clients needed counseling and reinstruction.
authors.affiliation: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. kadohert@syr.edu
authors.forename: Karen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: Jamie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Desjardins
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000592:standards*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis