title: [Implementation of the new quality assurance agreement for the fitting of hearing aids in daily practice. Part 2: New diagnostic aspects of speech audiometry].
abstract: Upon review of the statutory health insurance reimbursement guidelines, a specific quality assurance questionnaire concerned with the provision of hearing aids was introduced that assesses elements of patient satisfaction within Germany's public healthcare system. APHAB questionnaire-based patient evaluation of the benefit of hearing aids represents the third pillar of audiological diagnostics, alongside classical pure-tone and speech audiometry. Another new aspect of the national guidelines is inclusion of free-field measurements in noise with and without hearing aids. Part 2 of this review describes new diagnostic aspects of speech audiometry. In addition to adaptive speech audiometry, a proposed method for applying the gold standard of speech audiometry - the Freiburg monosyllabic speech test - in noise is described. Finally, the quality assurance questionnaire will be explained as an appendix to template 15 of the regulations governing hearing aids.
authors.affiliation: Wissenschaftliches Institut für angewandte HNO-Heilkunde (WIAHNO), Deutscher Berufsverband der HNO-Ärzte e. V., Maienbeeck 1, 24576, Bad Bramstedt, Deutschland, loehler@hno-aerzte.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Löhler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Akcicek
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wollenberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schönweiler
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006310:Hearing Aids; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000592:standards*