title: The efficacy of hearing aids for emotional and auditory tinnitus issues.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The use of hearing aids has been one of the strategies to reduce tinnitus perception and improve sufferers' quality of life when this symptom is associated to hearing impairment.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the remission of emotional and auditory tinnitus impacts on users of hearing aids.
  
  
  METHODS
  It is an experimental, descriptive study carried out with 17 users of unilateral or bilateral hearing aids, reporting tinnitus, submitted to otorhinolaryngological screening, tonal audiometry, logoaudiometry and acoustic imittance testing, who also answered the Iowa Tinnitus Activities Questionnaire, as well as the Iowa Tinnitus Handicap Questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was significant difference in tinnitus data scoring before the use of hearing aids and after fitting the hearing aids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analysis of the results evidences that the use of hearing aids improves tinnitus patients' quality of life, mainly regarding their emotional and auditory aspects.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jamile
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tonocchi
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ângela
authors.initials: Â
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gleide
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Master's Program in Neuroscience and Behavior - University Federal of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Massi
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Distúrbios da Comunicação, Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Paula
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Berberian
mesh_terms: D006309:Hearing; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000523:psychology*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D014012:Tinnitus / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: hearing aids; hearing loss; quality of life; tinnitus