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The Glasgow benefit inventory in the evaluation of patient satisfaction with the bone-anchored hearing aid: quality of life issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Sunil N. Dutt ,
Ann-Louise McDermott ,
Anwen Jelbert ,
Andrew P. Reid  and
David W. Proops
Sunil N. Dutt
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Implantation Otology, The Queen Elizabeth, Selly Oak and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals, Birmingham University, UK.
Ann-Louise McDermott
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Implantation Otology, The Queen Elizabeth, Selly Oak and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals, Birmingham University, UK.
Anwen Jelbert
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Implantation Otology, The Queen Elizabeth, Selly Oak and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals, Birmingham University, UK.
Andrew P. Reid
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Implantation Otology, The Queen Elizabeth, Selly Oak and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals, Birmingham University, UK.
David W. Proops
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology and Implantation Otology, The Queen Elizabeth, Selly Oak and Birmingham Children’s Hospitals, Birmingham University, UK.
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Abstract

The Birmingham osseointegration programme began in 1988 and during the following 10 years there were a total of 351 bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) implantees. In the summer of 2000, a postal questionnaire study was undertaken to establish the impact of the bone-anchored hearing aid on all aspects of patients’ lives.

We used the Glasgow benefit inventory (GBI), which is a subjective patient orientated post-interventional questionnaire especially developed to evaluate any otorhinolaryngological surgery and therapy. It is maximally sensitive to any change in health status brought about by a specific event: in this case the provision of a BAHA.

A total of 312 bone-anchored hearing aid patients, who had used their aids for a minimum period of six months, were sent GBI questionnaires. Two hundred and twenty-seven questionnaires were returned and utilized in the study. The results revealed that the use of a bone-anchored hearing aid significantly enhanced general well being (patient benefit), improved the patient’s state of health (quality of life) and finally was considered a success by patients and their families.

Keywords

Hearing AidsOsseointegrationPatient SatisfactionEvaluation StudiesQuestionnairesQuality of Life
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 116 , Supplement S28 , June 2002 , pp. 7 - 14
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2002

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