Table 3 Total responses for each question
From: The developed Arabic version of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly
Question | No | Yes | Some time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
1. Did your use the telephone become less than in past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 86 | 86.00 | 3` | 3.00 | 11 | 11.00 |
2. Did you become feeling embarrassed when you meet strange persons because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 84 | 84.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 15 | 15.00 |
3. Did you become avoiding dealing with big groups of people because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 94 | 94.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 5 | 5.00 |
4. Did you become feeling more irritable than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 82 | 82.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 18.00 |
5. Did you become feeling frustrated when you talk to your family members because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 89 | 89.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 10 | 10.00 |
6. Do you face difficulties when you are present in social occasions because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 63 | 63.00 | 3 | 3.00 | 34 | 34.00 |
7. Did you become feeling difficulties in understanding the matters well because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 65 | 65.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 33 | 33.00 |
8. Do you face a difficulty during talking to you in low voice because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 40 | 40.00 | 6 | 6.00 | 54 | 54.00 |
9. Did you become feeling any kind of handicap in your life because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 94 | 94.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 6.00 |
10. Did you become feeling difficulties during visiting your relative and acquaints because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 94 | 94.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 6.00 |
11. Did attending your religious rituals become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 98 | 98.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.00 |
12. Did you become more nervous and effervescent than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 91 | 91.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 8 | 8.00 |
13. Did your visitings to your relatives and acquaints become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 96 | 96.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 3.00 |
14. Did the engagement in a debate with your family members become more because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 76 | 76.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 24 | 24.00 |
15. Do you face a difficult when you hear the voice of the radio or television because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 84 | 84.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 15 | 15.00 |
16. Did your going to the market become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating to the voices well? | 96 | 96.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4.00 |
17. Did you become feeling more annoyed and disturbed more than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 82 | 82.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 18.00 |
18. Did you become wishing to be alone because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 94 | 94.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 6.00 |
19. Did the talking to your family individuals become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 95 | 95.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 4 | 4.00 |
20. Do you face difficulties and obstacles that affect your personal or social life because of not hearing or discriminating to the voices well? | 96 | 96.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 3 | 3.00 |
21. Do you face difficulties when you are in the restaurants or the crowded eating places because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 60 | 60.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 38 | 38.00 |
22. Do you become feeling more frustrated or depressed more than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 91 | 91.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 8 | 8.00 |
23. Did your listening to the voice of the radio or the television become less than in the past because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 94 | 94.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 4.00 |
24. Did you become feeling discomfort during talking to the friends or acquaints because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 85 | 85.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 15.00 |
25. Did you become feeling disregarded and isolated during your presence with the people because of not hearing or discriminating the voices well? | 96 | 96.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4.00 |