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 .
The effect of LACE DVD training in new and experienced hearing aid users.
BACKGROUND Numerous studies have demonstrated that improving the ability to underst and speech in noise can be a difficult task for adults with hearing aids ( HAs ) . If HA users want to improve their speech underst and ing ability , specific training may be needed . Auditory training ( AT ) is one type of intervention that may enhance speech recognition abilities for adult HA users . PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the behavioral effects of an AT program called Listening and Communication Enhancement ( LACE ) in the DVD format in new and experienced HA users . While some research has been conducted using the computer version of this program , no research to date has been conducted on the efficacy of the DVD version of the LACE training program in both new and experienced HA users . RESEARCH DESIGN An experimental , prospect i ve repeated measures group design , with r and om assignment . STUDY SAMPLE Twenty-nine adults with hearing loss were assigned to one of three groups : new HA plus training , experienced HA plus training , or control ( new HA users with no training during the study but provided with training afterward ) . New HA aid users were r and omly assigned to either the training or control group . INTERVENTION Participants in the training groups completed twenty 30 min training lessons from the LACE DVD program at home over a period of 4 wk . DATA COLLECTION Participants in both training groups were evaluated at baseline , after 2 wk of training and again after 4 wk of training . Participants in the control group were evaluated at baseline and after 4 wk of HA use . Several objective listening measures were administered including speech in noise , rapid speech , and competing sentences tasks . Subjective measures included evaluating the participants ' perception of the intervention as well as their perceptions of functional listening abilities . RESULTS Findings indicate that both new and experienced users improved their underst and ing of speech in noise , underst and ing of competing sentences , and communication function after training in comparison to a control group . Effect size calculations suggested that a larger training effect was observed for new HA users compared to experienced HA users . New HA users also reported greater benefit from training compared to experienced users . AT with the LACE DVD format should be encouraged , particularly among new HA users , to improve underst and ing in difficult listening conditions
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 .