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  • Title: Audiologic correlates of hearing handicap in the elderly.
    Author: Weinstein BE, Ventry IM.
    Journal: J Speech Hear Res; 1983 Mar; 26(1):148-51. PubMed ID: 6865371.
    Abstract:
    This investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between self-assessed hearing handicap and audiometric measures in a large sample of noninstitutionalized elderly individuals. Eighty subjects underwent a complete audiological evaluation and responded to the Hearing Measurement Scale (HMS). Each of the correlations between measures of sensitivity and the HMS score was statistically significant. The speech discrimination scores showed a somewhat lower correlation with the HMS score than did pure-tone measures. The implications of the above findings are discussed.
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