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Difficulties of normally-hearing adults in daily listening situations

Dificuldades de adultos ouvintes em situações cotidianas de escuta

Vanessa Luisa Destro Fidêncio; Adriana Betes Heupa; Rebeca Moreira Louzas; Ana Moura dos Santos; Vanessa Gomes da Silva; Daniel Meyer Coracini; Débora Lüders; Maria Renata José

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0216/20232569923 Revista CEFAC, vol.25, n6, e9923, 2023
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Abstract

Purpose: to verify hearing difficulties related to everyday listening situations self-reported by normally-hearing adults.

Methods: a cross-sectional observational study in which adult individuals with clinically normal hearing, verified through audiometry and tympanometry, were included. The participants answered the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) questionnaire. Statistical analysis comprised descriptive and Spearman’s correlation test with a significance level of 5%.

Results: the sample consisted of 28 participants, aged between 20 and 44 years. The median SSQ score was 8.75, in the Hearing to Speech domain, 8.11, in the Spatial Hearing domain, and 8.91, in the Quality-of-Hearing domain. There was an association between the participant's age and the score on five questions, demonstrating less self-reported difficulty as age increased.

Conclusion: difficulties in everyday listening situations, self-reported by normally-hearing adults, participating in this study, were more related to situations with competitive noise and listening effort.

Keywords

Hearing; Auditory Perception; Spatial Processing; Adult; Surveys and Questionnaires

Resumo

Objetivo: verificar as dificuldades auditivas relacionadas a situações cotidianas de escuta autorrelatadas por adultos normo-ouvintes. 

Métodos: trata-se de um estudo observacional transversal. Foram incluídos indivíduos adultos com limiares auditivos normais, verificados por meio de audiometria e timpanometria. Os participantes responderam à versão no português brasileiro do questionário Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ). Os resultados foram analisados descritiva e estatisticamente. A análise estatística compreendeu teste descritivo e de correlação de Spearman com nível de significância de 5%. 

Resultados: a amostra foi composta por 28 participantes, com idades entre 20 e 44 anos. A mediana da pontuação no SSQ foi de 8,75 pontos no domínio Audição para a Fala; 8,11 no domínio Audição Espacial e 8,91 pontos no domínio Qualidade da Audição. Observou-se associação entre a idade do participante e a pontuação em cinco questões, demonstrando menor dificuldade autorrelatada conforme o aumento da idade. 

Conclusão: as dificuldades em situações cotidianas de escuta autorrelatadas pelos adultos normoouvintes participantes desse estudo foram mais relacionadas a situações com ruído competitivo e esforço de escuta.

Palavras-chave

 Audição; Percepção Auditiva; Processamento Espacial; Adulto; Inquéritos e Questionários

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