Correlation between hearing handicap inventory for the elderly screening (HHIE-S) and pure tone audiometry (PTA) test among Malaysian elderly

• Main Authors: Camarudin, Noraini, Ahmad, Siti Anom, Minhat, Halimatus Sakdiah, Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi, Raja Adnan, Raja Nurzatul Efah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98131/1/2022031418404315_MJMHS_1029.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98131/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2022031418404315_MJMHS_1029.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Introduction: The study aims to determine the correlation of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Elderly Screening (HHIE-S) questionnaire with the pure tone audiometry (PTA) in the Malaysian older adult population. Methods: This cross-sectional study took a random sample of adults ≥60 years in a tert...