Hearing Aid Outcomes and Quality of Life for Adults and Elderly in São Paulo

Fernanda Corral da Fonseca's study evaluates the effectiveness of hearing aids dispensed by the SUS public health system in São Paulo and their impact on quality of life. The research involved 60 patients (30 adults and 30 older adults) with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, assessed using the IOI-HA and SF-36 surveys. Results indicate 60% of adults and 46% of elderly users reported satisfactory quality of life with hearing aid use.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between hearing aid usage hours and quality of life scores based on reported daily usage categories.
• Comparing quality of life outcomes between adult and elderly hearing aid users based on the SF-36 survey results.
• Evaluating patient-reported effectiveness of hearing aids based on International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) scores.
• Investigating factors related to hearing aid non-use based on the reported 18% non-usage rate among participants.

Strengths

• Includes data from 60 patients, split evenly between 30 adults and 30 older adults.
• Reports specific outcome metrics: 63.33% of elderly and 73.34% of adults scored 25 or more on the IOI-HA.
• Provides detailed breakdown of daily hearing aid usage: 53% used more than 8 hours, 25% used 4-8 hours, 3.3% used 1-4 hours, and 18% did not use.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Fernanda Corral da Fonseca

Collection Method

Clinical study approved by an Ethics and Research committee, evaluating patients using IOI-HA and SF-36 surveys.

Geography

City of São Paulo, Brazil