Hearing aids for children with conductive hearing loss

Patient data are routinely captured by the department of
audiology on an electronic database. Data collected included demographic
information, family income, age of diagnosis of hearing loss, age at the
fitting of HAs, HA fitting information (real-ear-to-coupler difference (RECD)
and aided speech intelligibility index (SII) scores for average sounds),
average daily hearing aid HA use (in hours) at the one-month follow-up
(data-logging), and HA functional outcome measures.

Caregivers were contacted telephonically, and the verbal
consent form was read to them to determine their participation in the survey. PEACH and TEACH questionnaire results at the one month hearing aid
follow up were captured by the researcher and recorded electronically.

患者数据由听觉科部门常规地记录在电子数据库中。所收集的数据包括人口统计学信息、家庭收入、听力损失的诊断年龄、助听器适配年龄、助听器适配信息（包括真实耳道耦合器差异（RECD）和辅助言语清晰度指数（SII）的平均音量得分）、一个月随访的平均每日助听器使用时间（以小时计，数据记录），以及助听器功能结果指标。通过电话联系护理者，并向其宣读口头同意书，以确定其参与调查的意愿。研究人员捕捉并电子记录了一个月助听器随访时的PEACH和TEACH问卷结果。