Hearing Handicap and Speech Recognition Correlate With Self-Reported Listening Effort and Fatigue.

Objectives: To investigate the correlations between hearing handicap, speech recognition, listening effort, and fatigue. Design: Eighty-four adults with hearing loss (65 to 85 years) completed three self-report questionnaires: the Fatigue Assessment Scale, the Effort Assessment Scale, and the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly. Audiometric assessment included pure-tone audiometry and speech recognition in noise. Results: There was a significant positive correlation between handicap and fatigue (r = 0.39, p

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