Satisfaction with Fitted Hearing Aids I.<i>An Analysis of Technical Information</i>

Abstract

By means of a questionnaire, satisfaction with fitted hearing aids has been judged 6 months after prescription. An analysis of the information obtained, together with some audiological features of 155 patients with hearing aids is reported. The influence of the most important factors is discussed and the findings are compared with those of other surveys. The relationship between satisfaction, and the degree of hearing loss and discrimination loss is very weak. The conclusion is that the population consists of sub-populations in which different criteria apply to hearing aid satisfaction. These criteria may be more closely related to psycho-social factors than to technical aspects. A second part of the study is devoted to that subject.