This study examined whether experiences of handicap influence levels of depression and distress among persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) during the years after initial discharge from rehabilitation. SCI outpatients (163), who had received inpatient treatment at one of two rehabilitation centers in Michigan and who were between 2 to 7 years since injury, participated in the study. Measures of...

BACKGROUND While several studies have investigated the presence and annoyance of tinnitus in cochlear implant (CI) recipients, few studies have probed the handicap experienced in association with tinnitus in this population. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to use validated self-report measures in a consecutive sample of CI patients who reported tinnitus in order to determine the extent of t...

OBJECTIVE (1) To characterize long-term dizziness following observation, microsurgery, and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for small to medium-sized vestibular schwannoma (VS) using a validated self-assessment inventory; and (2) to identify clinical variables associated with long-term dizziness handicap. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING Two independent tertiary acad...

As part of an epidemiologic study of hearing disorders in older adults, audiometric thresholds (250-20,000 Hz), word recognition performance (Northwestern University Auditory Test No. 6 word lists in quiet and in competing message), and Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly-Screening (HHIE-S) scores were evaluated for 3178 adults ranging in age from 48 to 92 years. Overall, higher HHIE-S s...

We studied the impact of central auditory processing disorder (CAPD) and cognitive deficit (CD) on the self-assessment of hearing handicap in 122 elderly subjects. Self-assessment was quantified by means of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE). Results showed that cognitive impairment exerted no significant effect on the self-assessment of hearing handicap. Subjects with CAPD, ...

introduction: tinnitus can have a significant effect on an individual’s quality of life, and is very difficult quantify. one of the most popular questionnaires used in this area is the tinnitus handicap inventory (thi). the aim of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a persian translation of the tinnitus handicap inventory (thi-p).   materials and methods: this prospectiv...