title: Tools for evaluation of restriction on auditory participation: systematic review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To systematically review studies that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation in adults and the elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies from the last five years were selected through a bibliographic collection of data in national and international journals in the following electronic databases: ISI Web of Science and Virtual Health Library - BIREME, which includes the LILACS and MEDLINE databases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Studies available fully; published in Portuguese, English, or Spanish; whose participants were adults and/or the elderly and that used questionnaires for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Initially, the studies were selected based on the reading of titles and abstracts. Then, the articles were fully and the information was included in the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) checklist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three-hundred seventy studies were found in the researched databases; 14 of these studies were excluded because they were found in more than one database. The titles and abstracts of 356 articles were analyzed; 40 of them were selected for full reading, of which 26 articles were finally selected. In the present review, nine instruments were found for the evaluation of restriction on auditory participation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most used questionnaires for the assessment of the restriction on auditory participation were the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening (HHIE-S). The use of restriction on auditory participation questionnaires can assist in validating decisions in audiology practices and be useful in the fitting of hearing aids and results of aural rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR.
authors.forename: Valquíria Conceição
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, BR.
authors.forename: Stela Maris Aguiar
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lemos
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires