1Department of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head-Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
*Corresponding author: Richa Endah Prawesti, Department of Ear, Nose, Throat, Head-Neck Surgery, Medical Faculty, Hasanuddin University
Online published on 21 September, 2018.
Hearing loss can occur in all age groups. This study aims to analyze the relationship of hearing loss and deafness with the HHIE-S (hearing handicap inventory for the elderly-screening) version of Indonesia in the elderly. This research was conducted by analytical cross sectional to 72 elderly people. Each sample filled the HHIE-S questionnaire and performed audiometric, thympanometric, and auto acoustic emission (OAE) tests. The results showed that HHIE-S version of Indonesia had better or more sensitive value in assessing severe hearing loss (98.2%) than mild-to-moderate hearing loss (49.6%). The HHIE-S questionnaire as a diagnostic test in the elderly with severe hearing loss-very severe has a sensitivity of 89.6%, specificity of 40.0% and 86.1% accuracy.
Elderly, HHIE-S, diagnostic tests
