Satisfaction and speech perception were frequent secondary outcomes .
There was diversity in measures used to report patient outcomes .
Outcome categories other than patient health status and behavior were rarely reported .
This review has highlighted considerable diversity in patient-reported outcome measurements in r and omized control trials in the context of adult auditory rehabilitation .
OBJECTIVES This review documented the range and nature of reported outcome measures in the context of adult auditory rehabilitative research .
Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of Adult Audiological Rehabilitation
Objective : To examine short- and long-term subjective benefits of providing a counseling-oriented audiological rehabilitation ( AR ) program as an adjunct to hearing aid intervention for individuals with adult-onset hearing loss . Design : One hundred six veterans ( 68 men and 38 women ) , fit binaurally with digitally programmable analog hearing aids , participated . The Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired ( CPHI ; Demorest & Erdman , 1987 ) was administered to all participants before hearing aid fitting . Half the patients were r and omly assigned to receive hearing aids alone ( i.e. , control ) ; the other patients were assigned to participate in a 4-wk group AR program in conjunction with receiving hearing aids ( i.e. , HA+AR ) . At the end of the AR program , the CPHI was again administered to all participants to assess short-term benefit and at 6 mo and 1 yr after hearing aid fitting to assess long-term benefit . Results : A separate repeated- measures version of the general linear model was used to examine short- and long-term benefits for the CPHI factor scores ( communication importance , communication performance , adjustment , interaction , and reaction ) and for individual importance ratings and scale scores . Hearing aid use improved both short- and long-term self-perception of communication performance , with no additional benefits from participation in the AR program . Consistent with the goals of a counseling-oriented AR program , differential short-term treatment effects were found for communication strategy usage , which led to differential short-term benefits for the interaction and reaction factors . Although failing to reach strict criteria for statistical significance , there was an observable difference in short-term outcomes between the two groups for the adjustment factor , with greater improvements occurring for the HA+AR group . Over the course of the year , benefits measured for the HA+AR group remained stable , whereas scores for the control group continued to increase , result ing in no differences in factor scores between groups at 1 yr after intervention . Conclusions : The finding of a short-term differential treatment benefit for AR in terms of interaction and reaction , and possibly for adjustment , was important , as better outcomes in these areas may be important in the decision to keep hearing aids . If this is the case , then the data support the inclusion of a counseling-oriented AR program . Differential treatment effects in interaction and reaction appeared to result from communication strategy use , indicating that the AR program is meeting many of its goals in this area . The lack of long-term differential effects appeared as the result of continued changes in adjustment , interaction , and reaction with continued  hearing aid experience
Satisfaction and speech perception were frequent secondary outcomes .
There was diversity in measures used to report patient outcomes .
Outcome categories other than patient health status and behavior were rarely reported .
This review has highlighted considerable diversity in patient-reported outcome measurements in r and omized control trials in the context of adult auditory rehabilitation .
OBJECTIVES This review documented the range and nature of reported outcome measures in the context of adult auditory rehabilitative research .