Table 4.
Test-retest correlation of four retrospective questionnaires. HHIE: Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly; AHPAB: Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit; SADL: Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life; SSQ: Speech, Spatial, and Qualities hearing scale.
| Questionnaire | Subscale | r-value |
|---|---|---|
| HHIE | Emotional | 0.76** |
| Social | 0.83** | |
| APHAB | Ease of Communication | 0.64** |
| Reverberation | 0.74** | |
| Background Noise | 0.72** | |
| Aversiveness | 0.77** | |
| SADL | Positive Effect | 0.87** |
| Service and Cost | 0.36** | |
| Negative Features | 0.55** | |
| Personal Image | 0.63** | |
| SSQ | Speech | 0.85** |
| Spatial | 0.82** | |
| Qualities | 0.82** |
p < 0.01