Table 7.

Differences in mean (SD) Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory^™ (PedsQL) Scores, Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life (HEAR-QL), Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale, shortened form (RCADS-25) scores between adolescents with hearing loss (HL) who did and did not use a hearing device. Higher scores indicate better quality of life for the PedsQL and HEAR-QL, whereas lower scores indicate better quality of life for the HHIA and RCADS-25.

	Unilateral HL			Bilateral HL
Scale	Used a Device (n = 16)	No Device (n = 47)	p	Used a Device (n = 84)	No Device (n = 25)	p
HEAR-QL
Social Interactions	83 (18)	90 (17)	0.220	78 (24)	92 (16)	0.012
Hearing Situations	54 (21)	51 (21)	0.649	46 (22)	60 (24)	0.006
School Difficulties	62 (19)	74 (22)	0.043	63 (24)	80 (20)	0.002
Feelings	58 (23)	70 (22)	0.070	56 (27)	71 (25)	0.012
Total	64 (17)	72 (18)	0.134	61 (21)	76 (19)	0.002
PedsQL
Physical	86 (15)	90 (13)	0.310	83 (18)	86 (12)	0.491
Emotional	71 (19)	77 (21)	0.323	76 (21)	72 (20)	0.406
Social	80 (22)	87 (17)	0.160	75 (23)	88 (15)	0.011
School	65 (19)	72 (22)	0.233	67 (20)	73 (20)	0.204
Total	77 (16)	83 (14)	0.156	77 (16)	80 (14)	0.257
HHIA
Emotional	18 (13)	12 (11)	0.099	15 (12)	9 (10)	0.024
Social	13 (11)	9 (9)	0.173	14 (11)	9 (8)	0.059
Total	31 (23)	22 (19)	0.113	29 (22)	18 (17)	0.025
RCADS-25
Major Depression	3 (3)	2 (2)	0.371	3 (3)	2 (2)	0.514
General Anxiety	3 (3)	2 (3)	0.181	3 (3)	3 (3)	0.878
Panic Disorder	2 (2)	1 (2)	0.166	2 (2)	1 (2)	0.863
Separation Anxiety	1 (2)	1 (2)	0.427	1 (2)	1 (2)	0.671
Social Phobia	4 (2)	3 (3)	0.373	4 (3)	4 (3)	0.697
Total	13 (8)	10 (9)	0.177	12 (10)	12 (11)	0.858