Tools used in the subjective evaluation of bone anchored hearing aid users: scope review

Abstract

Purpose to identify the questionnaires and scales used as subjective tools for the assessment process regarding the benefit and satisfaction of users of Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids to answer the following guiding question: Which questionnaires and scales are used in adults to evaluate the benefit and satisfaction of Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid users? Research strategy the search was carried out in the PubMed, SciELO, Scopus, Web of Science, Lilacs and Embase databases and, in gray literature, Google Academic and Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations were used as information sources. The descriptors used were: bone-anchored prosthesis, hearing loss, mixed conductive-sensorineural, quality of life, patient satisfaction, surveys and questionnaires. Selection criteria studies that used questionnaires and scales to verify the benefit and satisfaction of users of Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid, published in Portuguese, English or Spanish, from 1999 to 2022, were included. Results 176 articles were identified. Of this total, 67 were included in the scoping review. The literature indicated that the most used tools in the process of assessing benefit and satisfaction in Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid users were the Glasgow Benefit Inventory questionnaires, the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit , and the Speech, Spatial, and Quality of Hearing Scale. Conclusion There are several instruments to be used, such as the Glasgow Benefit Inventory and the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit for benefits and the exclusive Audio Processor Satisfaction Questionnaire for the specific satisfaction of this population. As far as scales are concerned, The Speech, Spatial and Hearing Qualities Scale evaluates the benefit.