Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans
Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Odyoloji, Türkiye
Tez Danışmanı: Bilgehan Budak
Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2018
Tezin Dili: Türkçe
Desteklendiği Program: Öğretim Üyesi Yetiştirme Programı (ÖYP)
Özet:
Ercan, S. The Effect Of Double Vent On Patient Satisfaction Of Ear Mold.
Hacettepe University Institute Of Health Sciences, Master Thesis In Audiology
And Speech Patology Program, Ankara, 2018. The hearing aid is the most suitable
amplification method especially for the hearing loss affected by the inner ear. A
suitable hearing aid should be able to deliver quality sound to the ear by providing the
benefit needed by the individual at the frequencies at which hearing loss occurs. It is
the most ideal hearing aid in terms of the type, grade and configuration of hearing loss
and is an important step for choosing the right pattern. Ventilation opening to the ear
mold is determined according to hearing loss as well as selection according to patient
comfort. Our study aimed to demonstrate the effect of hearing aids on audiologic
evaluations of single and double opening ventilation tubes suitable for ear molds and
patient satisfaction. For this purpose, audiological measurements and REM
evaluations of 30 patients (50 ears) using bilateral hearing aid with sensorineural
hearing loss were performed bilaterally, APHAB questionnaire and VAS scale were
applied and the results were compared between single ventilation and double
ventilation. As a result of the study, there was no statistically significant difference
between free field thresholds and speech discrimination scores (p> 0.05). There was
no statistically significant difference between the REAR measurements (p> 0.05).
There was a statistically significant difference (p <0.01) between the unaided and the
single vent, double-vented aid in the APHAB satisfaction questionnaire (p <0.01), but
no significant difference was observed between single vent and double vent
applications (p> 0.01). APHAB subscales showed a strong correlation between
positive ventilation and ventilation (p <0.01). Moreover, the results were statistically
significant in the VAS scale, which is a subjective evaluation (p <0.05). Our findings
show that the double ventilated earmolds did not affect the satisfaction with the aided
free field hearing thresholds, speech scores, REM values and APHAB satisfaction
questionnaire, however, satisfaction with the patients seems to increase with the VAS
assessment scale.
Keywords: Hearing Aid, Earmold, Double Vent, APHAB, VAS