[Communication strategies used by individuals with moderate sensorineural hearing loss]. / Estratégias de comunicação utilizadas por portadores de deficiência auditiva neurossensorial moderada.

BACKGROUND: communication strategies (CS) are mechanisms used to facilitate speech comprehension and the transmission of a message to another speaker. AIM: to characterize the communication strategies used by 20 adults, fitted with hearing aids, with moderate sensorineural hearing loss. METHOD: a 60 minute interview, with an audiologist, with and without the hearing aid. RESULTS: the CS which prevailed were those of a cognitive and palliative nature in the situations with and without the hearing aid. CONCLUSION: most of the individuals used the communication strategies to facilitate the recognition of the message.