1Lt April Myers, Au.D.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of hearing aid candidates and their significant others regarding perceived hearing disability using the Client Oriented Scale of Improvement and the Self-Assessment of Communication/Significant Other Assessment of Communication to see if there are, in fact, remarkable differences in their responses. Forty-two subjects (21 couples) who met the inclusion criteria were given two questionnaires: (1) the COSI, and (2) the SAC/SOAC. The results of the Pearson Correlation suggest that there was a significant difference in perceived hearing disability between each couple using the SAC/SOAC; however there were minimal differences in their responses to the COSI. Results of the COSI may have been affected due to the subjective nature of that questionnaire.