The effect of induction loop system use training on adults with hearing aids.

BACKGROUND/AIM The study aimed to investigate the effect of training in hearing aid users to benefit from induction loop systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS A five-question scale was developed to evaluate whether individuals using hearing aids could use the induction loop system effectively and validity-reliability studies were performed with 264 individuals using hearing aids. In its second step, 30 individuals using hearing aids were given verbal and hands-on training on the induction loop system. Before and after training with hearing aids (noiseless, noise, noise + induction system active) in three different environments, questions on the scale were asked twice in total from the beginning to the end of the study. RESULTS The significance of the differences between the values obtained as a result of the application of word lists in three different test settings was examined by repeating measurements variance analysis. As a result of post Hoc analyse, p=0.002 between test 3 (10.7,1.53), test 1(11.7, 0.7) were calculated. There appears to be a statistically significant difference with the present situation (p<0.01). The average scores of the scale between pre-and post-training applications as a preliminary and final test were analyzed with the T test. The final test average was statistically significantly greater than the preliminary test (p<0.01). CONCLUSION This study shows how important it is for hearing aids users to be informed about this and to receive the necessary training in order to gain the expected benefit from induction loop systems developed to improve speech intelligibility in noisy environments.