title: Analysing use of the Chinese HHIE-S for hearing screening of elderly in a northeastern industrial area of China.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the use of Chinese version of HHIE-S as a hearing screening tool for the elderly in an industrial area in northeast China.
  
  
  
  Prevalence, sensitivity and specificity of Chinese version of HHIE-S were calculated. Factors that had impact on HHIE-S were analysed.
  
  
  
  Five hundred and seventy Mandarin speaking participants, aged from 50 to 85 years were included. They were tested with pure tone audiometry and Chinese version of HHIE-S.
  
  
  
  The prevalence of hearing handicap was 55.3%. The sensitivity and specificity of HHIE-S were 84.5% and 58.3% respectively when the pass/fail criteria were set at PTA0.5-4kHz>40 dBHL. In general, HHIE-S total and subscale scores were significantly associated with severity of hearing impairment. After stratified by severity of hearing impairment, both the prevalence of reported handicap and the scores of HHIE-S were not significantly associated with age. Male participants had significantly higher HHIE-S scores than female participants did.
  
  
  
  The Chinese version of HHIE-S contributes useful information to identifying hearing handicap and addressing the rehabilitative needs in the elderly in an industrial city in Mainland China.
authors.affiliation: a Hearing Loss Research Center of the Fourth Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University , Chang Chun , China and.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Beijing United Family Hospital , Beijing , China.
authors.forename: Lingyan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.affiliation: a Hearing Loss Research Center of the Fourth Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University , Chang Chun , China and.
authors.forename: Yagang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a Hearing Loss Research Center of the Fourth Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University , Chang Chun , China and.
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: a Hearing Loss Research Center of the Fourth Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University , Chang Chun , China and.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qi
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Chinese version of HHIE-S; hearing screening in old adults