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This dissertation, Investigation of the Validity of Satisfaction With Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) Questionnaire by Shuk-yee, Margaret, Kan, 簡淑怡, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract of dissertation entitled Investigation of the validity of Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) questionnaire submitted by Margaret Kan Shuk Yee for the Degree of Master of Science in Audiology at the University of Hong Kong. in May 2002 The objective of this study is to evaluate whether the 15-items in the four subscales of the SADL questionnaire are components of satisfaction and to develop a translated version of SADL self-report inventory. The main scale of the Chinese version SADL questionnaire consisted of three parts: In Part 1A, Subjects were asked to fill out a translated version of SADL scale. In Part 1B, subjects were instructed to respond to the same 15 items according to their satisfaction level. In Part 1C, subjects were asked to rank order on the importance of each item in determining satisfaction with amplification. All subjects have worn hearing aid(s) for at least 3 months, and aged over 18. They were either selected from the Hong Kong University Hearing Centre or Public Hospital in Hong Kong. For subjects selected from the Hong Kong University Hearing Centre, they received the questionnaire by mail. For subjects who were randomly selected from Yan Chai Hospital, Yau Ma Tei Specialist Clinic, Tung Yah Hospital, and Queen Mary Hospital, they were invited to take part in a face-to-face interview when they visited the audiologcial centres of those hospitals for ENT regular check up or hearing aid re-evaluation. vii When questionnaire is selected as a tool for assessment, audiologists should carefully consider the literal level of their patients, appropriate modification of the questionnaire might be necessary for them to collect the information they needed. The Pearson correlation between Part 1A & 1B revealed that many of the items in the SADL scale was significantly related to satisfaction. Moreover, significant correlation of four subscales & global scores between Part 1A and Part 1B in present study also verify that the SADL scale is related to satisfaction. 20 out of 42 subjects rank item 1 (Help you understand people) as the most essential factor, followed by item 12 (Competent hearing aid provider), and item 5 (Reduce asking for repetition) in enhancing their satisfaction with amplification. The small heterogeneous sample and the used of a translated version SADL scale in present study might made it difficult to generalize present findings, so future studies is needed to verify that the SADL scale is really a measurement of satisfaction with amplification and to further validate the SADL scale. viii DOI: 10.5353/th_b2779426 Subjects: Hearing aidsDeaf - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes

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