MENU Homepage About Us Consulting Experience LET'S TALK "*" indicates required fields Pharmacy Name* Your Name* Address* Email Address* Phone Number* Reason for Contact / ESPhA Product or Service of Interest?* NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Self-assessment for Hearing Screening of the ElderlyThis survey is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure hearing loss. The survey as published in Clinical Interventions of Aging in June of 2016, and the "study aimed to develop and standardize a screening tool for elderly people who wish to check for themselves their level of hearing loss." The study authors concluded: "We found that the developed SHSE (Self-assessment for Hearing Screening of the Elderly) had valuable internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and convergent and construct validity. These results suggest that SHSE is a reliable and valid measure to represent the degree of hearing loss in the elderly.** **https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4915296/#SD1-cia-11-7871. Do you have difficulty understanding when someone talks in a whisper?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 2. Do you have difficulty hearing environmental sounds such as birds singing or water flowing?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 3. Do you have difficulty understanding speech because a partner murmurs or the speech is not clear?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 4. Do you have difficulty understanding the speech of an unfamiliar person when compared to a familiar person?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 5. Do you often misunderstand what someone says?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 6. Do you wish to increase the TV’s volume level when watching it with your family?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 7. Does a partner tell you that your voice is too loud when you speak?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 8. Do you have trouble understanding announcements on a bus or subway?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 9. Do you have trouble talking with people in noisy environments such as restaurants or department stores?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 10. Do you have difficulty understanding speech in a concert hall or theater due to reverberation?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 11. Do you have difficulty understanding the conversation when several people talk at the same time?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 12. Do you miss hearing the sound of the doorbell when a guest visits your house?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 13. Do you have difficulty understanding speech on the phone?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 14. Do you have difficulty understanding speech in dark places?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 15. Do you feel that speech on the TV or radio is too fast?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 16. Do you ask a communication partner to speak slowly because you feel his or her speech is too fast?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 17. Do you have trouble remembering the introductory part after listening to a long lecture?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 18. Do you ask a partner to repeat what he or she said during a conversation?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 19. Do you forget the location of an object to be bought after asking for its location in a market?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always 20. Do you have trouble remembering what you just said?* Never Occasionally Half the time Almost Always Always CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
