The hearing complaints in patients with King-Kopetzky syndrome were studied by 
use of the open-ended hearing problem questionnaire. The main findings are that 
complaints were commonly focused on the categories of 'live speech' and 
'electronic speech' difficulties in patients with King-Kopetzky syndrome, 
particularly the auditory difficulties of speech in noise and group 
conversation. However, they reported problems with warning signals significantly 
less frequently than a control 'audiological rehabilitation' group and the 
patients studied by Barcham and Stephens (1980). In addition, main psychological 
problems were related to anxiety (e.g. irritability, nervousness and moodiness) 
in patients with King-Kopetzky syndrome. The open-ended hearing problem 
questionnaire appears to be a useful tool that can be used to high-light the 
speech hearing disability encountered by patients with King-Kopetzky syndrome.