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 .
Teaching hearing-aid skills to elderly people: hearing tactics.
The effect of a short instructional session on people 's knowledge of hearing tactics was tested on a sample of hearing-aid users 65 years of age and over . They had had their hearing aids for 3 months . A  question  naire was administered before and after the instruction session and the difference in score taken as a measure of the effect of instruction . A high score on the question naire indicated a lack of appropriate knowledge . Only those who scored incorrectly on one or more questions were given instruction . People were allocated at r and om either into an instructed group or a control group not so instructed . A substantial proportion ( 45 % ) had low initial scores on the question naire . The instruction significantly improved the scores of the experimental groups . The differences in score changes within age groups were not significant but men tended to improve more than women . The re source implication s of the instructional methods are discussed
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 .