碩士 / 國立高雄師範大學 / 特殊教育學系 / 107 / Abstract
This study excluded subjects who were predicted to be unsuccessful hearing aid users. To be sure the hearing aid were properly fitted, subjects went through three times of fitting and adjustment procedures. The main purposes of this study were to apply various criterion measurements to investigate whether the use of tinnitus management function in these subjects had a positive effect on releasing tinnitus as well as whether the use of hearing aids by themselves helped to relieve tinnitus for hearing-impaired tinnitus sufferers.
A total of 8 subjects who met the screening criteria were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group, four in each. Seven subjects were male and the only female subject was in the experiment group. Between two groups, there were no significant differences in age, gender distribution, how tinnitus appeared, and tinnitus position. Subjects averaged 52.5 years (SD = 15.2).
After subjects completed the pre-tests, they returned a week later for hearing-aids fitting. The tinnitus management function was turned on for the experiment group whereas in the control group, it was turned off. Subjects’ returned visits were scheduled at one- and three- months. Counseling regarding tinnitus was provided in each return visit. The post-test was administered after the hearing aid was worn for 3 months.
The results of the study were as follows: First, wearing hearing aids did effectively relieve the tinnitus. The post-test scores of the four tinnitus scales (TFI, THI, TRQ, and VAS) were significantly lowered then the pre-test scores. The three tinnitus scales (TFI, THI, and TRQ) also revealed that 75% of subjects made clinically significant improvement. Second, the use of the tinnitus management function did not make further relieve in tinnitus bothersome. The pre- and post- score difference of the three tinnitus scales (TFI, THI, and TRQ) between the two groups revealed no significant difference. Similar percentage of persons was observed in the two groups in terms of categorical change of tinnitus measurement in TFI, THI, tinnitus troubles and tinnitus problems. Third, wearing hearing aids improved hearing benefit.
Based on the research results, suggestions are proposed. First, the clinical application: (1) For tinnitus patients with hearing loss, the use of hearing aids will be an effective tool in managing tinnitus. (2) Consultation is an essential component of tinnitus management. It should be included in the treatment procedure. Second, recommendations for the future research: (1) To explore the effects of different brand hearing aids as well as different tinnitus management functions on the relief of tinnitus. (2) To investigate tinnitus relieving effect of hearing aids tinnitus sufferers with recent tinnitus on set. (3) To collect more subjects in the studies of the effect of tinnitus management function as well as tinnitus assessment scales to explore the benefits of tinnitus relieving. (4) To explore other factors that may exert effects upon tinnitus.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/107NKNU0284003 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | MAI, CHI-KUO, 買紀菓 |
| Contributors | CHEN, HSIAO-CHUAN, 陳小娟 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 164 |
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