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10/14/2017 |
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
| West Ballroom at Shalala Student Services Building
Measuring Hearing Aid Outcomes using an Adapted and Modified Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) questionnaire: A Case Study of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Aims: We aimed to evaluate the results of WFA® fitting method of hearing aids in the Eastern Republic of Congo using a modified and adapted SADL tool; to explore the relationships between SADL satisfaction and demographic variables, hearing aids variables and outcome measures
Methods: We adapted, modified and validated the SADL questionnaire and utilized and interviewer-administered questionnaire system. The total number of participants was 65 (100%) of which, 22(33.8%) females and 43(66.2%) male ranging from ages 8 to 72 year. The average age was 25.3 years. All participants had severe to a profound degree of hearing loss according to their hearing screening records. We fitted all patients with digital non-programmable Behind The Ears (BTE) hearing aids using the WFA® fitting method.
Results: Summarily, we got a result that showed a significant level of satisfaction when patients fit with the WFA® fitting method use their hearing aids. SADL Global and subscale scores were similar to Australian data by Uriate et al (2005) and significantly greater than the U.S. norms described by Cox and Alexander (1999).
Conclusion: The data shows a relationship between the WFA® fitting method of hearing aids in Community-based settings and a significant level of satisfaction of patients that is comparable with existing data from developed countries when the SADL tool was used.
- Discuss the SADL as a tool to objectively assess hearing aids fitting outcome
- Recognize the need for adaptation and modification of standardized tools for objective assessment
- Appraise the similarities and differences in outcome of community-based hearing health care and the clinical-based model of hearing aids fitting
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Luqman Lawal (POC,Primary Presenter,Author), Starkey Hearing Foundation/ University of Minnesota SPH, Luqman_Lawal@starkeyfoundation.org;
Luqman Lawal MD, MPH is a Public health Physician who serves as the Director of Global health and Research at the Starkey Hearing Foundation.
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Doris Kwenda (Co-Author), dkwenda@gmail.com;
Doris is a Speech and Language pathologist in Kenya.
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Jeffery Larsen (Co-Author), Utah State University , jeffery.larsen@usu.edu;
Jeff Larsen is a faculty member of the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. He works in the adult audiology clinic, teaches courses, and conducts research. His primary interests are speech perception, classroom acoustics, humanitarian audiology, and vestibular outcomes in the case of mild traumatic brain injury.
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Mathew Karia (Author,Co-Author), mathewkinyua@yahoo.com;
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