Health-related quality of life in adults with hearing impairment before and after hearing-aid rehabilitation in Finland

References

• Abrams H., Chisolm T.H. & McArdle R. 2005. Health-related quality of life and hearing aids: A tutorial. Trends Amplif, 9, 99–109.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Abrams H.B., Hnath-Chisolm T., Guerreiro S.M. & Ritterman S.I. 1992. The effect of intervention strategy on the self-perception of hearing handicap. Ear Hear, 13, 371–377.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Action on Hearing Loss. 2011. Facts and Figures on Deafness and Tinnitus. Action on Hearing Loss Information, July 2011. Available from: http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/your-hearing/about-deafness-and-hearing-loss/statistics.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Alanne S., Roine R.P., Räsänen P., Vainiola T. & Sintonen H. 2014. Estimating the minimum important change in the 15D scores. Qual Life Res, 24(3), 599–606.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bland J.M. & Altman D.G. 1986. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. The Lancet, 8(1), 307–310.
   Google Scholar
• Carter R. & Hailey D.L. 1995. Economic Evaluation of the Cochlear Implant. Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper 44. Melbourne.
   Google Scholar
• Carter R. & Hailey D. 1999. Economic evaluation of the Cochlear implant. Int J of Tech Assess Health Care, 15, 520–530.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chia E-M., Wang J., Rochtchina E., Cumming R.R., Newall P. et al. 2007. Hearing impairment and health-related quality of life: The Blue Mountains hearing study. Ear Hear, 28, 187–195.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chao T.K. & Chen T.H. 2008. Cost-effectiveness of hearing aids in the hearing-impaired elderly: A probabilistic approach. Otol Neurotol, 29(6), 776–783.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chen G., McKie J., Khan M.A. & Richardson J.R. 2014. Deriving health utilities from the MacNew heart disease quality of life questionnaire. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 14. p ii: 1474515114536096
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chisolm T.H., Johnson C.E., Danhauer J.L., Portz L.J.P., Abrams H.B. et al. 2007. A systematic review of health-related quality of life and hearing aids: Final report of the American Academy of Audiology task force on the health-related quality of life benefits of amplification in adults. J Am Acad Audiol, 18, 151–183.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cook J.A. & Hawkins D.B. 2007. Outcome measurement for patients receiving hearing-aid services. Laryngoscope, 117(4), 610–613.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dalton D.S., Cruickshanks K.J., Klein B.E., Klein R., Wiley T.L. et al. 2003. The impact of hearing loss on quality of life in older adults. Gerontologist, 43(5), 661–668.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davis A.C. 1989. The prevalence of hearing impairment and reported hearing difficulty among adults in Great Britain. Int J Epidemiol, 18, 911–917.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Deyo R.A. & Patrick D.L. 1989. Barriers to the use of health status measures in clinical intervention, patient care, and policy research. Med Care, 27, S254–S268.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• European Group on Genetics of Hearing Impairment. Martini A. (ed.). 1996. European Commission Directorate, Biomedical and Health Research Programme (HEAR) Infoletter 2, November 1996, 8.
   Google Scholar
• EuroQoL Group. 1990. A new facility for measurement of health related quality of life. Health Policy, 16, 199–208.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Färkkilä N., Sintonen H., Saarto T., Järvinen H., Hänninen J. et al. 2013. Health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer. Colorectal Dis, 15(5). doi: 10.1111/codi.12143
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gopinath B., Schneider J., Hickson L., McMahon C.M., Burlutsky G. et al. 2012. Hearing handicap, rather than measured hearing impairment, predicts poorer quality of life over 10 years in older adults. Maturitas, 72, 146–151.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haapaniemi T.H., Sotaniemi K.A., Sintonen H. & Taimela E. (for the EcoPD study group). 2004. The generic 15D instrument is valid and feasible for measuring health related quality of life in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 75(7), 976–83.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hawthorne G., Richardson J. & Day N.A. 2001. A comparison of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) with four other generic utility instruments. Ann Med, 33, 358–370.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ishine M., Okumiva K. & Matsubayashi K. 2007. A close association between hearing impairment and activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in community-dwelling older people in Japan. J Am Geriatr Soc, 55(2), 316–317.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jauhiainen T. 1974. An Experimental Study of the Auditory Perception of Isolated Bi-syllable Finnish Words. Academic Dissertation, University of Helsinki, Helsinki.
   Google Scholar
• Joore M.A., Brunenberg D.E., Chenault M.N. & Anteunis L.J. 2003a. Societal effects of hearing-aid fitting among the moderately hearing impaired. Int J Audiol, 42(3), 152–160.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Joore M.A., van Der Stel H., Peters H.J., Boas G.M. & Anteunis L.J. 2003b. The cost-effectiveness of hearing-aid fitting in the Netherlands. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 129(3), 297–304.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaplan-Neeman R., Muchnik C., Hildesheimer M. & Henkin Y. 2012. Hearing-aid satisfaction and use in the advanced digital era. Laryngoscope, 122(9), 2029–36.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kind P., Dolan P., Gudex C. & Williams A. 1998. Variation in population health status: Results from United Kingdom national questionnaire survey. Brit Med J, 316, 736–41.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Knudsen L.V., Oberg M., Nielsen C., Naylor G. & Kramer S.E. 2010. Factors influencing help seeking, hearing-aid uptake, hearing-aid use, and satisfaction with hearing aids: A review of the literature. Trends Amplif, 13(3), 127–154.
   Google Scholar
• Koskinen S., Lundqvist A. & Ristiluoma N. 2011. Health, functional capacity and welfare in Finland in 2011.National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Report 68/2012. Available from: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-245-769-1
   Google Scholar
• Lin F.R., Niparko J.K. & Ferrucci L. 2011. Hearing loss prevalence in United States. Arch InterMed, 171(20), 1851–1852.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manchaiah V.K.C., Stephens D., Zhao F. & Kramer S.E. 2012. The role of communication partners in the audiological enablement/rehabilitation of a person with hearing impairment: An overview. Audiol Med, 10(1), 21–30.
   Google Scholar
• Metselaar M., Maat B., Krijnen P., Verschuure H., Dreschler W.A. et al. 2009. Self-reported disability and handicap after hearing-aid fitting and benefit of hearing aids: Comparison of fitting procedures, degree of hearing loss, experience with hearing aids and uni- and bilateral fittings. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 266, 907–917.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. 2005. Uniform criteria for access to non-emergency treatment. Handbooks of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, ISSN 1236-116X.
   Google Scholar
• Moock J. & Kohlmann T. 2008. Comparing preference-based quality-of-life measures: Results from rehabilitation patients with musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or psychosomatic disorders. Qual Life Res, 17, 485–495.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mulrow C.D., Aquilar C., Endicott J.E., Tuley M.R., Velez R. et al. 1990. Quality-of-life changes and hearing impairment. Ann Int Med, 113, 188–194.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Noble W. & Gatehouse S. 2006. Effect of bilateral versus unilateral hearing-aid fitting on abilities measured by the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ). Int J Audiol, 45(3). 172–181.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Palva T. 1952. Finnish Speech Audiometry: Methods and Clinical Applications. Academic dissertation, University of Turku, Turku.
   Google Scholar
• Perez E. & Edmonds B.A. 2012. A systematic review of studies measuring and reporting hearing-aid usage in older adults since 1999: A descriptive summary of measurement tools. PloS One, 7(3), e31831, 1–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saarni S.I., Härkänen T., Sintonen H., Suvisaari J., Koskinen S. et al. 2006. The impact of 29 chronic conditions on health-related quality of life: A general population survey in Finland using 15D and EQ-5D. Qual Life Res, 15(8), 1403–1414.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sintonen H. 1994. The 15D-measure of health-related quality of life. I. Reliability, validity and sensitivity of its health state descriptive system. National Centre for Health Program Evaluation, Working Paper 41, Melbourne. Available from: http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/centres/che/pubs/wp41.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Sintonen H. 2001. The 15D instrument of health-related quality of life: Properties and applications. Ann Med, 33(5), 328–336.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sørensen J., Linde L., Ostergaard M. & Hetland M.L. 2012. Quality-adjusted life expectancies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of index scores from EQ-5D, 15D, and SF-6D. Value Health, 15(2), 334–339.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sorri M., Brorsson B., Davis A., Mair I.W.S., Myhre K.I. et al. 2001. Hearing impairment among adults: Report of a joint (Nordic-British) project. Helsinki, Finland: Edita Oyj.
   Google Scholar
• Stark P. & Hickson L. 2004. Outcome of hearing-aid fitting for older people with hearing impairment and their significant others. Int J Audiol, 43(7), 390–398.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stavem K. 1999. Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of two multiattribute utility measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Qual Life Res, 8, 45–54.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Suominen K., Karlsson H., Rissanen A., Valtonen H.M., Räsänen P. et al. 2011. Perceived burden of illness in patients entering for treatment in a university hospital: Is the threshold to secondary care higher for patients with depression than for those with somatic disorders? Eur Psychiatry, 26(7), 441–5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tan M.C., Chan Y.M., Ng O.C., Wong T.W., Hejar A.R. et al. 2014. Cardiovascular disease is associated with impaired health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients. Singapore Med J, 55(4), 209–216.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vuorialho A., Karinen P. & Sorri M. 2006. Counselling of hearing-aid users is highly cost-effective. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 263, 988–995.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D Instrument. 2014a. Disease/ conditions/ health problems studied. Available from: http://www.15d-instrument.net/service.cntum?pageId = 110733
   Google Scholar
• D Instrument. 2014b. Properties of the health status descriptive system. Available from: http://www.15d-instrument.net/service.cntum?pageId = 110290
   Google Scholar