The following documents are translations of the APHAB inventory, Form A. We are grateful to Phonak Hearing Systems for providing the original translations. At HARL, many of the translations were then reviewed by another person who was fluent in both English and the target language. Sometimes, changes were made to the original translations in this process. In posting these translations on our website, our goal is to provide a “standard” translation for a language that clinicians and researchers in each country can use, examine, and perhaps improve. At present, there is evidence that multiple translations have been made in some languages and this is clearly not an optimal situation.

Please note that the instructions accompanying these translations are an abbreviated version of the full instructions. For standard administration, the full instructions should be provided, either verbally or in writing. The full instructions are:

"INSTRUCTIONS: Please circle the answers that come closest to your everyday experience. Notice that each choice includes a percentage. You can use this to help you decide on your answer. For example, if a statement is true about 75% of the time, circle “C” for that item. If you have not experienced the situation we describe, try to think of a similar situation that you have been in and respond for that situation. If you have no idea, leave that item blank."

English (form A)
English (form A - new format)
English (form B)
Arabic (form A)
Arabic (form B)
Croatian
Dutch
Farsi (form A)
Farsi (form B)
French
German
Italian
Magyar
Norsk
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Slovene
Spanish
Swedish
Suomi
Turkish

Obtaining the instructions for manual scoring of the APHAB
A three page document is available to use in scoring the APHAB manually. The first two pages list the items contributing to each subscale for Form A and Form B of the questionnaire. The third page contains the instructions for scoring each item and calculating scores. This document file is available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.

APHAB scoring instructions
1995 norms for linear hearing aids
2005 norms for WDRC-capable hearing aids

Purchase:
Obtaining APHAB scoring software
Format: The Windows version of the APHAB is available for purchase.

Cost $30 (US)

Tips: We are no longer supporting nor distributing the old DOS version of the APHAB software.

Johnson, J, Cox, RM, and Alexander, GC. "APHAB norms for WDRC hearing aids". Ear and Hearing, 31(1): 47-55 (2010).

Cox, RM. "Administration and application of the APHAB". Hearing Journal, 50(4): 32-48 (1997).

Cox, RM. "The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) - Administration and Application", Phonak Focus No. 21, 1996.

Paul, RG (Feature Editor) and Cox RM. "Measuring hearing aid benefit with the APHAB: Is this as good as it gets?" Amer. J. Aud., 4(3), 10-13 (1995).

Cox, RM and Alexander, GC. "The Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB)". Ear and Hearing, 16, 176- 186 (1995).

Cox, RM., and Alexander, GC. "Maturation of Hearing Aid Benefit: Objective and Subjective Measurements". Ear and Hearing, 13, 131-141 (1992).

Cox, RM., and Rivera, IM. "Predictability and Reliability of Hearing Aid Benefit Measured Using the PHAB". Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 3, 242-254 (1992).

Cox, RM., Gilmore, CG., and Alexander, GC. "Comparison of Two Questionnaires for Patient-Assessed Hearing Aid Benefit". Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 2, 134-145 (1991).

Cox, RM and Gilmore, C. "Development of the Profile of Hearing Aid Performance (PHAP)". J. Speech and Hearing Res., 33, 343-357 (1990).