A efetividade do treinamento auditivo em usuária de aparelho de amplificação sonora individual : estudo de caso

Abstract

Introduction: Individuals with hearing loss suffer sensory impairment requiring the use of a personal sound amplification device (PSAD) to better assist in the uptake and amplification of sound. To optimize the use of PSAD, auditory training is used to improve the individual`s ability to perceive and understand sounds. Objective: To verify the benefit of formal auditory training in users of bilateral personal sound amplification device. Methods: Case study of a 28-year-old female patient, with bilaterally moderate sensorineural hearing loss and bilateral PSAD user. The assesment was performed using threshold tonal audiometry, logoaudiometry, acoustic immittance measures and auditory processing tests: Pitch Patter Sequence (PPS), Duration Pattern Sequence (DPS), Staggered Spondaic Word (SSW) and Randon Gap Detection Test (RGDT) and application of the questionnaire Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA). Later the formal auditory training (FAT) was performed. At the end of the 8 sessions of FAT, the patient was reassessed. Results: The speech tests, auditory processing tests and the HHIA questionnaire obtained better results after the FAT, the test of RGDT in wich although no beter performance was observed after FAT, had its result within normal patterns. Conclusion: The improvement in the results of the trained skills proves, in this study, the benefit of the auditory training for better use of the PSAD.