HHIE-S (Hearing Handicap Screen)
Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly - Screening (HHIE-S; Ventry & Weinstein 1983): 10-item self-report screen.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Embarrassed meeting new people
- 4
- Frustrated talking with family
- 4
- Difficulty when someone whispers
- 4
- Feel handicapped by hearing
- 2
- Difficulty visiting friends/relatives
- 2
- Attend religious services less
- 0
- Arguments with family
- 0
- Difficulty with TV/radio
- 0
- Hearing limits social life
- 0
- Difficulty in a restaurant
- 0
Result: HHIE-S 16 of 40 — mild-to-moderate hearing handicap.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Bands
- 0-8 no handicap (~13% impairment), 10-24 mild-to-moderate (~50%), 26-40 significant (~84%). A score > 8 prompts audiologic referral.
What you enter
- Embarrassed meeting new people (0/2/4)
- Frustrated talking with family (0/2/4)
- Difficulty when someone whispers (0/2/4)
- Feel handicapped by hearing (0/2/4)
- Difficulty visiting friends/relatives (0/2/4)
- Attend religious services less (0/2/4)
- Arguments with family (0/2/4)
- Difficulty with TV/radio (0/2/4)
- Hearing limits social life (0/2/4)
- Difficulty in a restaurant (0/2/4)
How this is calculated
- Items
- 10 items, each No 0 / Sometimes 2 / Yes 4 = 0-40 (all totals even).
Ventry IM, Weinstein BE. Identification of elderly people with hearing problems. ASHA. 1983;25(7):37-42. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.