INTERNATIONAL OUTCOME INVENTORY for HEARING AIDS (IOI-HA)

The IOI-HA covers a minimal set of seven core outcome items which are sufficiently general to apply to many different types of investigations carried out in different countries in the world. The items are practically oriented and comprise a mini-profile more than a scale. It was developed at an international workshop on "Measuring Outcomes in Audiological Rehabilitation Using Hearing Aids" in Eriksholm in Denmark. The IOI-HA was not intended to replace existing outcome measures but to serve as a useful addendum to existing measures in a research context. It might potentially function as a stand alone tool for quality assessment.

OBTAINING THE IOI-HA

The following documents consist of 3 pages. The first two pages are an article (in English) entitled "Translations of the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA)". The third page is the actual questionnaire in the specified language. (Please note that the documents are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)).

Tips:For scoring purposes, responses from left to right on the page are assigned a value from 1 to 5. The values are then added. Higher scores indicate a more favorable outcome.

References
  • Cox RM., Alexander, GC. and Beyer CM.. “Norms for the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids” Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 14(8): 403-413, (2003).
  • Cox, R.M., Stephens, D., and Kramer, S.E. “Translations of the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA).” International Journal of Aud. 41(1): 3-26 (2002).
  • Noble, W. “Extending the IOI to significant others and to non-hearing-aid-based interventions.” International Journal of Aud. 41(1): 27-29 (2002).
  • Cox, R.M., and Alexander, G.C. “The International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA): psychometric properties of the English version.” International Journal of Aud. 41(1): 30-35 (2002).
  • Kramer, S.E. Goverts, S.T., Dreschler, W.A., Boymans, M. and Festen, J.M. “International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA): results from the Netherlands.” International Journal of Aud. 41(1): 36-41 (2002).
  • Stephens, D. “International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) and its relationship to the Client-oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI).” International Journal of Aud. 41(1): 42-47 (2002).
  • Cox, R., Hyde, M., Gatehouse, S., Noble, W., Dillon, H., Bentler, R., Stephens, D., Arlinger, S., Beck, L., Wilkerson, D., Kramer, S., Kricos, P., Gagne, J., Bess, F., and Hallberg, L. "Optimal outcome measures, research priorities, and international cooperation." Ear & Hearing, 21 (4): 106S-115S (2000).
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    Members of the ICRA self-report working group are pulling together information on the use of the International Outcome Inventory for interested parties world wide. The idea is that those interested in outcomes using this measure could access information about relevant studies and then contact the owners of the data if they wish to find out more about the study. Information about studies from studies in at least seven countries (USA, Netherlands, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Germany) is currently available. Those who wish to contribute can complete the IOI DATA DICTIONARY and send the dictionary entry to l.hickson@uq.edu.au. The information will then be posted on this site.

    SUBMITTED IOI-HAs

    The following dictionary entries have been submitted. (Please note that the documents are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF)).