Hearing impairment among adults - extent of the problem and scientific evidence on the outcome of hearing aid rehabilitation

References

• Andersen T, Pedersen F, Parving A, Lyregaard PE. Procedure for clinical testing of hearing aids. Scand Audiol 1998;27:249–54.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arlinger SD. Clinical assessment of modem hearing aids. Scand Audiol 1998;27 Suppl 49:50–3.
   Google Scholar
• Bech B, Christensen B, Parving A. The Valby Project. A survey of the hearing in the elderly >80 years of age-provided with hearing aids. Scand Audiol 1996;25: 247–52.
   Google Scholar
• Bentler RA, Kramer SE. Guidelines for choosing a self-report outcome measure. Ear Hear 2000;21:375-49S. Biering-Sørensen M, Riess H, Boisen G, Parving A. A
   Google Scholar
• Scandinavian Audiology • Vol 30 • Suppl 54 • 2001 clinical comparative investigation of a non-linear versus linear hearing aid. Scand Audiol 1995;24:125–32.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bille M, Jensen A-M, Kjaerbøl E, Vesterager V, Sibelle P, Nielsen H. Clinical study of a digital vs an analogue hearing aid. Scand Audiol 1999;28:127–35.
   Google Scholar
• Cox R, Hyde M, Gatehouse S et al. Optimal outcome measures, research priorities, and intemational coopera-tion. Ear Hear 2000;21:106S —15S.
   Google Scholar
• Cruickshanks ICJ, Wiley TL, Tweed TS et al. Prevalence of hearing loss in older adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The epidemiology of hearing loss study. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:879 —86.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis AC. The prevalence of hearing impairment and reported hearing disability among adults in Great Britain. Int J Epidemiol 1989;18:911–17.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis A. Prevalence of hearing impairment. In: Hearing in adults, chapter 3. London: Whurr Ltd, 1995;46–45.
   Google Scholar
• European Work Group on Genetics of Hearing Impairment. In: Martini A, ed. European Commission Directorate, Biomedical and Health Research Programme (HEAR) Infoletter 2, November 1996, 8.
   Google Scholar
• Gatehouse S. The impact of measurement goals on the design specification for outcome measures. Ear Hear 2000;21:100S —5S.
   Google Scholar
• Hagermann B. Minimum Nordic requirements for clinical testing of hearing aids. Scand Audiol 1999;28:102–16.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Karlsmose B, Lauritzen T, Parving A. Prevalence of hearing impairment and subjective hearing problems in a rural Danish population aged 31–50 years. Br J Audiol 1999;33: 395 —402.
   Google Scholar
• Larson VD, Williams DW, Henderson WG et al. Efficacy of 3 commonly used hearing aid circuits. A crossover trial. JAMA 2000;284:1806–13.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moscicki EK, Elkins EF, Baum HM, McNamara PM. Hearing loss in the elderly: an epidemiologic study of the Framingham Heart Study Cohort. Ear Hear 1985;6:184–90.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mulrow CD, Aguilar C, Endicott JE et al. Quality-of-life changes and hearing impairment. A randomized trial. Ann Intem Med 1990a;113:188–94.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mulrow CD, Aguilar C, Endicott JE et al. Association between hearing impairment and the quality of life of elderly individuals. JAGS 1990b;38:45 —50.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Newman CW, Weinstein BE, Jacobson GP, Hug GA. The hearing handicap inventory for adults: psychometric adequacy and audiometric correlates. Ear Hear 1990; 11:430–3.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nilsson P, Vesterager V, Sibelle P, Sieck L, Christensen B. A double-blind cross-over study of a non-linear hearing aid. Audiology 1997;36:325–38.
   Google Scholar
• Nordic Council of Ministers and the Nordic Council. Yearbook of Nordic Statistics 1996. Stockholm: Nordic Council, 1999.
   Google Scholar
• Parving A, SOrup SOrensen M, Carver K, Christensen B, Sibelle P, Vesterager V. Hearing instruments and health technology — an evaluation. Scand Audiol 1997a;26: 231–9.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parving A, Biering-Sorensen M, Bech B, Christensen B, SOrup SOrensen M. Hearing in the elderly >80 years of age. Prevalence and problems of sensitivity. Scand Audiol 19976;26: 99–106.
   Google Scholar
• Quaranta A, Assennato G, Sallustio V. Epidemiology of hearing problems among adults in Italy. Scand Audiol 1996;25 Suppl 42:7–11.
   Google Scholar
• Rosenhall U, Jönsson R, Söderlind 0. Self-assessed hearing problems in Sweden: a demographic study. Audiology 1999;38: 328–34.
   Google Scholar
• Rosenhall U, Pedersen K, Killer MB. Self-assessment of hearing problems in an elderly population. A long-itudinal study. Scand Audiol 1987;16:211–17.
   Google Scholar
• Rosenhall U, Davis A, Parving A. Hearing in the 'oldest old' — a cross-sectional collaborative study from three European countries. J Audiol Med 2000;9:43–52.
   Google Scholar
• Rudin R, Rosenhall U, Svärdsudd K. Hearing capacity in samples of men from the general population. The study of men born in 1913 and 1923. Scand Audiol 1988;17: 3–10.
   Google Scholar
• Taylor K. Self-perceived and audiometric evaluations of hearing aid benefit in the elderly. Ear Hear 1993;14:390 — 4.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Uimonen S, Huttunen K, Jounio-Ervasti K, Sorri M. Do we know the real need for hearing rehabilitation at the population level? Hearing impairments in the 5- to 75-year-old cross-sectional Finnish population. Br J Audiol 1999;33: 53 —9.
   Google Scholar
• Vaupel JW, Carey JR, Christensen K et al. Biodemographic trajectories of longevity. Science 1998;280:855–60.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wilson DH, Walsh PG, Sanchez L et al. The epidemiology of hearing impairment in an Australian adult population. Int J Epidemiol 1999;28:247–52.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Health Organization. Grades of hearing impairment. Hearing Network News 1991 (1).
   Google Scholar