Self-Reported Benefit and Satisfaction with a Beamforming Body-Worn Hearing Aid for Elderly Adults

Table 8

IOI-HA scores for all question items for EasyHear Grand (Visit 3) and previous research.

Question item	Score
Use EasyHear Grand	3.67
Use HK	3.26
Use USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.73
Use USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	4.50
Benefit EasyHear Grand	3.93
Benefit HK	3.53
Benefit USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.39
Benefit USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.52
Residual difficulty EasyHear Grand	3.70
Residual difficulty HK	4.42
Residual difficulty USA 2003^† mild moderate loss	3.40
Residual difficulty USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.19
Satisfaction EasyHear Grand	3.95
Satisfaction HK	3.32
Satisfaction USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.20
Satisfaction USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.84
Residual participation restriction EasyHear Grand	3.88
Residual participation restriction HK	4.21
Residual participation restriction USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.57
Residual participation restriction USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.38
Impact on others EasyHear Grand	3.93
Impact on others HK	4.68
Impact on others USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.79
Impact on others USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.38
Quality of life change EasyHear Grand	3.95
Quality of life change HK	3.32
Quality of life change USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	3.19
Quality of life change USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	3.68
Mean overall score EasyHear Grand	3.86
Mean overall score HK	3.82
Mean overall score USA 2003^† mild-moderate loss	NA
Mean overall score USA 2003^† mod-severe loss	NA
Mean overall score Australia 2010^‡ mod-severe loss	3.91

Note.  McPherson & Wong (2005). Effectiveness of an affordable hearing aid with elderly persons. Disability & Rehabilitation, 27, 601-609. ^† Cox et al. (2003). Norms for the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 10, 67-79. ‡ Hickson, Clutterbuck & Khan (2010). Factors associated with hearing aid fitting outcomes on the IOI-HA. International Journal of Audiology, 49, 586-595. NA = not available.