There are few or no questionnaires in French on the hearing quality of life of children with hearing aids. The objectives of the study are to measure the hearing quality of life of children with hearing aid and / or cochlear implants and to compare the hearing quality of life according to the type of hearing aid (hearing aid and / or cochlear implant).
There are few or no questionnaires in French on the hearing quality of life of children with hearing aids. The study will allow an evaluation of the quality of life benefit of hearing rehabilitation at different ages and with varying levels of deafness. The translated questionnaire for the study will be given to the parents of the child after a sure diagnosis of the child's degree of deafness and at least 1 month of hearing aids. The translated is proposed by Necker Hospital Pediatric ENT department. The objectives of the study are to measure the hearing quality of life of children with hearing aid and / or cochlear implants and to compare the hearing quality of life according to the type of hearing aid (hearing aid and / or cochlear implant).
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
130
The Parents' Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) will be completed once.
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, France
Hearing quality of life
Score at the Peach questionnaire: qualitative assessment of the perception with the equipment in various modalities of everyday life. The Peach questionnaire is composed of 13 questions with the possibility of setting a score between 0 (never) and 4 (always). Each questionnaire gives an average of the embarrassment of the children in the silence and in the noise. The results will give the opportunity to change the settings, evaluate the quality of the hearing aid and the change them if it is necessary.
Time frame: Day 0
Difference of score to the Peach questionnaire according to the type of hearing aids
Difference of scores according to the hearing aid: * Bilateral hearing aid, * Bilateral cochlear implant, * A cochlear implant on one side and an auditory device on the other. The Peach questionnaire is composed of 13 questions with the possibility of setting a score between 0 (never) and 4 (always). Each questionnaire gives an average of the embarrassment of the children in the silence and in the noise. The results will give the opportunity to change the settings, evaluate the quality of the hearing aid and the change them if it is necessary.
Time frame: Day 0
Difference of score to the Peach questionnaire according to the type of deafness
Difference of scores according to the degree of deafness as well as the origin of deafness: congenital non-evolutive, evolutive. The Peach questionnaire is composed of 13 questions with the possibility of setting a score between 0 (never) and 4 (always). Each questionnaire gives an average of the embarrassment of the children in the silence and in the noise. The results will give the opportunity to change the settings, evaluate the quality of the hearing aid and the change them if it is necessary.
Time frame: Day 0
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