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 active fitting (AF) programme of hearing aids: a psychological perspective.
Rehabilitation of the majority of hearing h and icapped in Sweden consists of hearing aid fitting , provision of technical devices and information during about four visits to a Hearing Centre . Generally there is no structured guidance of the hearing h and icapped on how to proceed with the hearing aid at home between appointments . A programme of active fitting ( AF ) of hearing aids , with a task-oriented diary , ' Try Your Hearing Aid ' as a basic part , was therefore developed . We conducted a series of studies from 1985 to 1988 with the aim of investigating the benefit and applicability of the programme . A total of 128 new hearing aid c and i date s participated in three studies at the Sahlgrens hospital and at four other hearing centres in smaller Swedish towns . In a controlled study the AF group was more positive to their hearing aids and to the fitting period after 10 months . They used their hearing aids more frequently and felt psychologically more secure with them . It was established that the AF programme could well be applied in the clinical routine for a majority of new hearing aid patients . Old age per se was not found to be a relevant exclusion criterion . The positive outcome of the AF programme has stimulated the Swedish Institute of the H and icapped to print ' Try Your Hearing Aid ' with a manual , and to introduce it to all hearing centres in Sweden
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 .