PURPOSE: to establish the hearing aid users' profile attended in the Hearing Health Center with a view to amplification, cognition and auditory processing (AP). Method: 59 individuals participated in this study aged between 41 and 92 years old. In the first stage, it was realized the data assortment through the audiology and otolaryngologist evaluations, first interview, speech test wearing the hearing aid, molds and hearing aid information, orientations and the hearing training results. In the second stage, it was realized the Digits Dichotic test (DD) and the Frequency Pattern Test (FPT), Cognitive-Alzheimer' disease Evaluation (ADAS-Cog) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDE-15). In this stage, 47 people participated. RESULTS: 67,80% of the individuals in this study are 60 years old or older. The most referred symptoms were dizziness, tinnitus and noise exposition. In the audiology evaluation, it was possible to identify sensorineural hearing loss of moderate levels and most frequently descendent configurations, coinciding with the imitanciometric findings: Type A curve with absent reflexes. In the hearing training, comprehension and identification were the most altered functions. In the DD test and the FPT test, the average number of right answers was under the normality level. In the ADAS, the evoked and recognized word and its comprehension had the biggest score. In the GDE, 20 individuals presented characteristics of depression. CONCLUSION: it was possible to establish the hearing aid users´ profile with a view to amplification, cognition and (AP).
Hearing Loss; Hearing Aids; Cognition; Hearing Loss; Central; Aging; Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired
