The Creation of a Comprehensive and a Brief Core Set for Hearing Loss Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Abstract

The Comprehensive ICF Core Set for Hearing Loss can be a user-friendly tool for conducting comprehensive, multidisciplinary assessments. The Brief ICF Core Set can be used for many purposes, such as research and population studies. However, its most common use is by individuals seeking to provide a brief description and assessment of functioning of a person with hearing loss.

Hearing-related, health-related quality of life in patients who have undergone otosclerosis surgery: A long-term follow-up study

“…The World Health Organization started in 2001 with the international classifi cation of function, disability and health (ICF; WHO 2001), a concept aiming at understanding multifactorial aspects of functioning and disability. Regarding hearing loss, the description of a valid ICF core set has recently been published (Danermark et al, 2010(Danermark et al, , 2013, with the intention of being a guideline for clinicians ' and researchers in future work. For the time being, no single questionnaire covers the full aspects of auditory disability.…”

Functional performance in older adults with hearing loss: Application of the International Classification of Functioning brief core set for hearing loss: A pilot study

“…The validation phase is now needed. The comprehensive core set consists of 117 ICF categories, and the brief core set consists of 27 categories of the 117 (Danermark et al, 2013).…”

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“…Thus, whether we consider effort or fatigue, it seems that we need to incorporate a motivational arousal dimension in our framework. Note that both energy level and motivation are included in the ICF (WHO 2001) comprehensive core set for hearing loss (Danermark et al 2013;ICF Research Branch 2013): Energy level (b1300) refers to mental functions that produce vigour and stamina, and Motivation (b1301) refers to mental functions that produce the incentive to act, the conscious or unconscious driving force for action.…”