Abbreviations
ADLs, Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living ; ALDS, assistive listening
devices; AMTAS, Automated Audiogram; APHAB, Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid
Benefit; ARHL, age-related hearing loss; ASHA, American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association; CHL, conductive hearing loss; CI, cochlear implantation; CPG, clinical
practice guideline; dB, decibel; dB HL, decibels hearing level; DIN, Digits in Noise;
EMR, electronic medical record; FFS, Four Frequency pure tone screen; HHIE, Hearing
Handicap Inventory for the Elderly; HHIE-S, Hearing Handicap Inventory for the
Elderly-Screening version; HL, hearing loss; HUI-3, Health Utilities Index Mark 3; Hz,
Hertz; IADLs, Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale; KAS, Key Action
Statement; kHz, kilo Hertz; MHL, mixed hearing loss; OCEBM, Oxford Centre for
Evidence-Based Medicine; OTC, over-the-counter; QOL, quality of life; RQDS, Revised
Quantified Denver Scale of Communications; SAC, Self-Assessment of Communication;
SF-36, MOS Short Form 36 Health Survey; WHO, World Health Organization; WRS,
word recognition score
Source
Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, et al. Clinical practice guideline: Age-related
hearing loss. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024;170(S2). doi:10.1002/ohn.750.
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