Avaliação de um modelo adaptativo no sistema de treinamento das habilidades auditivas (SISTHA)

• Ano de defesa: 2020
• Autor(a) principal: Braun, Leonardo Luiz [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Correction Of Hearing Impaiment; Technology; Software; Hearing Aids; Audiology; Reabilitação Da Deficiência Auditiva; Tecnologias E Aplicativos De Software; Auxiliares De Audição; Audiologia
• Link de acesso: https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=10927718; https://hdl.handle.net/11600/64768

Objective: The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate an adaptive auditory training module on Sistema de Treinamento das Habilidades Auditivas (SisTHA) for adults and elderly hearing aids users. Methods: An adaptive auditory training model was created and implemented based on the user's profile, psychosocial restrictions and initial hearing complaints and performance during training. For the evaluation were considered a total of 40 subjects with bilateral fitting and 5 with unilateral fitting for the adaptative training (GE) and default training (GC). The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Adult (HHIA), Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Eldery (HHIE) and hearing complaints questionnaires were applied pre and post-training. Results: Only 10% (4 subjects) subjects with bilateral fitting who met the inclusion criteria had been fitted less than 1 year ago. There was no significant change in the handicap for all variables from HHIE/HHIA questionnaires at both times (pre and post). For hearing aid users with bilateral fitting, the analysis of EG and CG showed that there was a decrease in complaints for EG and it was related to the difficulty of hearing sounds and discomfort caused by certain sounds and the decrease for the CG was related to the difficulty in hearing sounds and memorizing audibly. For both groups, some users had reported that they had no difficulty pretraining and an increase in hearing complaints post-training. Conclusion: The adaptive module training did not show significant improvement for the evaluated subjects. This phenomenon can be explained by the fact that users have mostly worn their hearing aids for more than 1 year and the perception of improvement occurs mainly in the first months post-fitting. SisTHA proved to be an important tool in clinical support and in establishing a link between speech therapist-patient, in maintaining the auditory abilities of hearing aids users who were fitted for more time and the perception of these users regarding their hearing complaints and socioemotional restrictions.