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Objective To determine if visual analog scale (VAS) that has been used to measure magnitude of internal states such as pain, mood and various functional capabilities can be applied for patients with hearing loss. Materials and methods One hundred and sixty patients, aged 12–80 years with unilateral hearing loss were studied using a VAS (1–10) and pure tone audiometry (PTA) of responses to 500, 1,000...