Table 1.
A List of Abbreviations Used in Text and Tables
| Abbreviation | Full Name |
|---|---|
| A | Analog hearing aids |
| ABI | Aid Benefit Interview, a predecessor of GHABP |
| Adv. Tech. | Devices with advanced technology |
| AGCi | Input compression |
| AGCo | Output compression |
| All | All degrees of hearing loss or all types of hearing aids |
| AP | Analog and/or programmable hearing aids |
| APHAB | Abbreviated version of the Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit |
| Attitude/personal. | Attitude or personality |
| Ben. | Benefit |
| BTE | Behind-the-ear hearing aid |
| C | Categorical scale |
| C | Categorical scale |
| CIC | Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid |
| COSI | Client Oriented Scale of Improvement |
| D | Digital hearing aids |
| Digital | Digital hearing aids |
| Disab./handi. | Disability or handicap |
| E | Experienced users |
| Exp | Experience |
| G | General measure of satisfaction |
| GAS | Goal attainment scale |
| GHABP | Glasgow hearing aid benefit profile |
| HAF | Hearing aid fitting |
| HARQ | Hearing Attitudes in Rehabilitation Questionnaire |
| HASS | Hearing Aid Satisfaction Survey (a modified version of MarkeTrak IV) |
| HAUQ | Hearing aid user's questionnaire |
| HDABI | Hearing disability aid benefit inventory |
| HHIE | Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly |
| HPI | Hearing performance inventory |
| PHAP | Profile of Hearing Aid Performance |
| PI | Personal Image subscale of the SADL |
| Pre-fit counsel. | Counseling given prior to hearing aid fitting. |
| Pre-fit expect. | Expectation |
| S | Satisfaction |
| SADL | Satisfaction with Hearing Aid Performance |
| SC | Service/Cost subscale of the SADL |
| SHAPIE | Shortened version of the Hearing Aid Performance Inventory for the Elderly |
| SNHL | Sensorineural hearing loss |
| Sp | Measures of satisfaction in specific situations |
| Type sit. | Types of listening situations |
| Use prob. | Problems in usage |
| y | Year/s |