摘要：Purpose: to evaluate the sentence recognition in silence and in noise, by elderly individuals with symmetrical hearing loss, users of hearing aids with mono and binaural adaptation, and to investigate in which of the situations it may be verified the best performance under conditions that simulate daily communication situations. Methods: 27 subjects, 20 males and seven females, aged between 60 and 80 years, with moderately severe sensorineural hearing loss, from mild and symmetrical configuration, were evaluated. Using the Portuguese Sentence List test, it was performed the research of the sentence recognition threshold in quiet and in noise and of the percentual indexes of sentence recognition in quiet environment and under noise, in different hearing situations, with binaural and monaural adaptation. Results: Average values for the indexes in silence were 80.89% with binaural, 76.33% only in the right ear and 71.16% only in the left ear. The averages obtained in the noise levels were 62.05% with binaural, 60.52% only in the right ear and 60.33% only in the left ear. In the comparison of the different hearing conditions, it was not found statistically significant different. Conclusion: No statistically significant difference between the elderly hearing aid users with monaural and binaural adaptation was found, both in quiet and in noise.
关键词：Perda Auditiva Neurossensorial; Auxiliares de Audição; Idoso; Percepção Auditiva; Audiometria da Fala
