Figure 1.

Percent of variance accounted for by personality in selected self-report questionnaires used as hearing aid outcome measures. HHIE= Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (Ventry & Weinstein, 1982), SHAPIE= Shortened Hearing Performance Inventory of the Elderly (Dillon, 1994), APHAB= Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (Cox & Alexander, 1995), SADL= Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (Cox & Alexander, 1999).