Sociolinguistic behavior in hearing-impaired adult patients with hearing aids

Abstract

Introduction: Normal hearing depends on the macroscopic integrity of the external and middle ear, on the microscopic and cellular integrity of the organ of Corti or cochlea, and on the adequate function of the central nervous system, both of the eighth cranial nerve and of the acoustic pathways and of the the cerebral cortex. In general, studies at an early age predominate, which limits the systematization of knowledge of the subject in adults and the transformations in their sociolinguistic attitudes once a hearing aid is placed.

Objective: To identify the sociolinguistic behavior in hearing impaired adult patients with hearing aids

Methods: Descriptive-explanatory and prospective study in the province of Matanzas from September 2020 to July 2021. With a universe of 387 hard of hearing adult patients with hearing aids.

Results: The predominant sex was male with the age group from 60 to 79 years (51.9%), the reason for consultation was hearing loss (49.8%), moderate behind-the-ear prostheses (39.6%) were the most frequent and all the sociolinguistic attitudes studied after the patient was rehabilitated improved (98.4%).

Conclusions: The diagnosis of hearing loss was early, which allowed the largest number of moderate behind-the-ear prostheses to be placed. The fundamental etiology of these patients was presbycusis, noise-induced hearing loss, and acoustic trauma. The behavior of sociolinguistic attitudes was all improved with the use of the hearing aid, as was hearing gain.