Details Pertaining to Hearing History Questionnaire

Principal Investigator: Sandra Gordon-Salant, Ph.D., James L. Fozard, Ph.D.
Collaborating Investigators: E. J. Metter, M.D., L. J. Brant, Ph.D., J.D. Pearson, Ph.D., L.L. Kline, M.A.
Year First Collected: (in process)
Year Last Collected: (in process)
Frequency of Collection: Every two years between 1991-1995.
Subset Data Files on the VMS Cluster? None

Data Type Notes: Descriptive History: Data Collection Instrument/Method/Medium: Related Protocols: info605 **pi Sandra Gordon-Salant, Ph.D., James L. Fozard, Ph.D. **col E. J. Metter, M.D., L. J. Brant, Ph.D., J.D. Pearson, Ph.D., L.L. Kline, M.A. **fc Every two years between 1991-1995. Information Type 605, Hearing History Questionnaire. Two cards of data on history of complaints of hearing problems--buzzing, ringing etc. and history of noise exposure to aircraft, gunfire, loud music etc. This questionnaire was made by LSB personnel adapting questions from a variety of sources.

Card one, cols 01-38, hearing internal sounds--buzzing, chirping, ringing etc.
Card one, cols 39-46, history of experience of fullness or pain.
Card one, cols 47-51, history and treatment of ear infections or ear surgery.
Card one, col 52, exposure to loud noises.
Card two, cols 01-30, history of exposure and use of protective devices for many sources of loud noise.
Card two, col 31, has noise exposure affected hearing.

Descriptive history:

The group of tests and questionnaires was devised to improve the descriptive quality of age-related hearing changes for pure tones (Information Type 603), and to determine the degree to which hearing thresholds could be explained by middle ear functioning measured by the tympanogram and acoustic reflex (Information Type 604). The contribution of noise exposure to hearing loss is assessed by questionnaire (Information Type 605). The consequences of hearing loss are assessed by questionnaire (Information Type 602) and by measuring the perception of speech in noise (Information Type 603). Data was collected from 1991-1995.

Data collecting instruments:

The pure tone thresholds, and speech perception in noise assessments were collected using the computer driven Virtual 320 Audiometer. Stimuli were presented through insert earphones. Measures were made in a hearing chamber, and equipment was calibrated quarterly to ANSI Standards (1989, 1987). The tympanograms and acoustic reflex measures were made using a computer driven Virtual 310 Acoustic Admittance System. The two versions of the Hearing Handicap Inventory are standard questionnaires, and the Hearing History Questionnaire was developed in LSB.

Investigators:

Sandra Gordon-Salant, Ph.D., Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 301 405-4225; and James L. Fozard, Ph.D. GRC coinvestigators are E. J. Metter, M.D., L. J. Brant, Ph.D., J.D. Pearson, Ph.D., (now at Merck Laboratories, Blue Bell, PA), L.L. Kline, M.A., now at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Columbia, MD.

Related protocols:

Audiometric studies of pure tone thresholds, medical history and examination.

Frequency of collection: Every two years between 1991-1995.

Inclusion/Exclusion rules: The questionnaires, pure tone threshold determinations and speech perception in noise measures were administered to all consenting participants. Persons with perforated eardrums, history of otologic disorders, otologic abnormalities on the basis of otoscopic examination were excluded from the studies of acoustic reflex.

Publications: None. Analyses in progress.
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