Perceived Hearing Handicap of Patients with Unilateral or Mild Hearing Loss

Newman, Craig W.; Jacobson, Gary P.; Hug, Gerald A.; Sandridge, Sharon A.

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“…16 Disadvantages due to hearing loss may appear in social and emotional situations. The distribution of the responses in the emotional subscale (Table 1) revealed that the perception of a handicap was associated with feeling upset because of hearing loss in 46.2% of subjects; this result concurs with that of other researchers 17,18 where items related with frustration and isolation were the most common.…”

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Avaliação do handicap auditivo do adulto com deficiência auditiva unilateral

Araújo¹,

Mondelli²,

Lauris³

et al. 2010

Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol. (Impr.)

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Heari ng impairment (HI) is characterized by unilateral hearing loss in one ear and can result in learning difficulties, language impairment and socio-emotional difficulties. To assess the perception of hearing handicap in adult subjects, patients with unilateral sensorineural HI, non-users of individual hearing aids. Materials and Methods:Prospective study with 52 adult subjects with a mean of 34.5 years of age, from both genders (26 females, 26 males) with hearing loss: sensorineural unilateral, in varying degrees, responded to a questionnaire for assessing hearing handicap, and for that we used the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA). Results:We scored the subscales of the emotional and social/situational aspects, and we found 73.1% of the handicap present being mild, moderate and significant, but at a higher percentage (88.5%) in females. Conclusions:The use of the questionnaire proved to be an effective procedure, because the unilateral HI may, not infrequently, compromise social and emotional aspects of the adult subject and the same degree of HI who can react differently, indicating that the wide variability in the perception of the hearing handicap is associated with non-audiological aspects. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2010;76(3):378-83. ORIGINAL ARTICLE BJORL

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Avaliação do handicap auditivo do adulto com deficiência auditiva unilateral

Araújo¹,

Mondelli²,

Lauris³

et al. 2010

Braz. j. otorhinolaryngol. (Impr.)

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“…The findings are in accordance with studies that have identified the acceptance of hearing loss and individual motivation as crucial factors for the use of hearing aids (Jerram and Purdy 2001;Weinstein 1994;Wilson and Stephens 2003). Based on a previous debate about whether hearing aids should be prescribed according to the degree of hearing loss, motivation, perceived communication problems or psychological handicap (Chia et al 2007;Mulrow et al 1990;Newman et al 1997;Weinstein 1994), the individual motives for referral should be taken into consideration during the process of fitting hearing aids. Although former studies have found that significant others have a considerable influence on an individual's decision to procure a hearing aid (Mahoney, Stephens, and Cadge 1996;Wilson and Stephens 2003), this may not necessarily guarantee later use.…”

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Factors affecting older adults' hearing-aid use

Solheim

Kværner

Sandvik

et al. 2012

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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Hearing impairment is one of the most common disabilities among Western populations and represents a considerable communication disorder. Increasing human longevity is expected to raise the number of elderly people suffering from hearing loss. A major challenge of audiological rehabilitation has been to encourage those who have fitted hearing aids to use them. The aim of the present study was to describe hearing-aid use among older adults and to identify motivational factors associated with hearing-aid use. A 17-item questionnaire was developed. Ninety participants ( ]65 years of age) were recruited from a waiting list for hearing-aid refitting. Twenty-two percent had used their previously fitted hearing aids for less than one hour per day. A factor analysis revealed four factors related to hearing-aid use (Cronbach's alpha): 'accepted need'Ádefined as the acknowledgement of a need for hearing aids (0.869); 'follow-up support'Ádefined as organized check-ups and accessibility to professionals (0.900); 'social assessment' (0.552); and 'consciousness' (0.505). The first two factors explained 25% and 24% of the variance, respectively. Logistic regression revealed that the use of hearing aids was significantly associated with 'accepted need' and 'follow-up support', suggesting that these factors are important and should be emphasized in rehabilitation programmes.

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“…16 Self-perceived hearing handicap was examined in a group of adults with UHL. 17 Although considerable intrasubject variability was reported, a substantial number of these subjects expressed feelings of being frustrated, upset, and left out.…”

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Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Past and Current Perspectives

Tharpe

2008

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Since the early 1980s, audiologists have become increasingly aware of the potential effect of even mild degrees of hearing loss on the psychoeducational and psychosocial outcomes of children. This review describes some of the key research findings during the past several decades that have led us to our current thinking about unilateral and mild bilateral hearing loss in children. The first section addresses unilateral hearing loss. This is followed by a review of the literature on mild bilateral hearing loss. Specifically, the issues addressed include the significance of permanent mild degrees of hearing loss on children's psychoeducational and psychosocial development and the speech, language, and auditory characteristics of children with mild degrees of hearing loss. Finally, some recommendations regarding the direction of future research are offered. This review is followed by 2 articles summarizing the proceedings of a 2005 workshop convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program, and the Marion Downs Hearing Center to address concerns about the underidentification of—and professionals' apparent lack of awareness of—permanent unilateral and minimal to mild hearing loss in children. 56,57

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Perceived Hearing Handicap of Patients with Unilateral or Mild Hearing Loss

Cited by 113 publications

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Avaliação do handicap auditivo do adulto com deficiência auditiva unilateral

Avaliação do handicap auditivo do adulto com deficiência auditiva unilateral

Factors affecting older adults' hearing-aid use

Unilateral and Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss in Children: Past and Current Perspectives

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