The Effects of Hearing Impairment in Older Adults on Communication Partners: A Systematic Review

Kamil, Rebecca J.; Lin, Frank R.

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“…The NCOA study, over a decade old, helped establish the need for better understanding of the impact and role of communication partners in their loved one's evaluation and treatment decisions. In a 2015 systematic review on the effects of hearing impairment on communication partners, Kamil and Lin (2015) concluded that communication partners of the hard of hearing experience a restricted social life, increased communication burden, poorer quality of life, and decreased relationship satisfaction, and that treatment of hearing loss can improve these issues. Although previous research has established the effects of hearing impairment on communication partners, this study aims to expand our knowledge in this area by determining how communication partners may influence the hearing help-seeking behavior of a person with hearing impairment.…”

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Factors influencing pursuit of hearing evaluation: Enhancing the health belief model with perceived burden from hearing loss on communication partners

Schulz

Modeste

Lee

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

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Section: Hearing Loss and Health Behaviormentioning

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Factors influencing pursuit of hearing evaluation: Enhancing the health belief model with perceived burden from hearing loss on communication partners

Schulz

Modeste

Lee

et al. 2016

International Journal of Audiology

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“…Other studies used quantitative methods such as questionnaires. In terms of hearing assessment, Kamil and Lin (2015) also found that the study participant’s hearing was tested and reported using a number of different methods such as pure-tone audiometry, speech recognition tests, and participant self-report. Due to the heterogeneity across studies, a meta-analysis could not be carried out.…”

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A Data-Driven Synthesis of Research Evidence for Domains of Hearing Loss, as Reported by Adults With Hearing Loss and Their Communication Partners

2017

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A number of assessment tools exist to evaluate the impact of hearing loss, with little consensus among researchers as to either preference or psychometric adequacy. The item content of hearing loss assessment tools should seek to capture the impact of hearing loss on everyday life, but to date no one has synthesized the range of hearing loss complaints from the perspectives of the person with hearing loss and their communication partner. The current review aims to synthesize the evidence on person with hearing loss- and communication partner-reported complaints of hearing loss. Searches were conducted in Cos Conference Papers Index, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Excerpta Medica Database, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar to identify publications from May 1982 to August 2015. A manual search of four relevant journals updated the search to May 2017. Of the 9,516 titles identified, 78 records (comprising 20,306 participants) met inclusion criteria and were taken through to data collection. Data were analyzed using meta-ethnography to form domains representing the person with hearing loss- and communication partner-reported complaints of hearing loss as reported in research. Domains and subdomains mutual to both perspectives are related to “Auditory” (listening, communicating, and speaking), “Social” (relationships, isolation, social life, occupational, and interventions), and “Self” (effort and fatigue, emotions, identity, and stigma). Our framework contributes fundamental new knowledge and a unique resource that enables researchers and clinicians to consider the broader impacts of hearing loss. Our findings can also be used to guide questions during diagnostic assessment and to evaluate existing measures of hearing loss.

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“…Progression in hearing loss cannot be remediated; therefore, optimal management of this condition not only requires early recognition and rehabilitation, but it also should include an evaluation of QoL status and its assessment [19][20][21][22] . According to the study by patients reporting hearing loss shows weak correlation each other, so we need new scales to asses the subjects with hearing loss 24 .…”

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Kinesiophobia in Hearing Loss

Koca

2018

İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi

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Aim: Kinesiophobia is an irrational fear, which depends on the belief in injury predisposition. It is associated with lower levels of physical activity. Diagnosing hearing loss can lead to kinesiophobia. Method: The study was planned as a case-control study. A total of 105 subjects with 70 hearing impairment and 35 healthy subjects were included in the study between the ages of 40-76. Sociodemographic data of all participants were recorded. World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-bref) for for evaluation quality of life; and the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) for evaluation of kinesiophobia were used. Hearing deficit of patients were made by hearing test measurements (air and bone). Airway results were taken into account. Findings: Both groups were similar in terms of age, Body Mass Index (BMI), education and marital status (p=0.64/0.06/0,08/0,83). The physical health score component of the WHOQOL-bref questionnaire was significantly lower in the study group (p=0.006). The other sub-parameters (general health, psychological health, social and environmental relations) were similar. There was no difference between the TSK results (p=0.76). The mean hearing frequencies (right / left) in the study group were correlated with TSK (p=0.029, r=0.319). In the study group, TSK and WHOQOL-bref (p = 0.00, r =-0.64) showed a negative correlation. Conclusion: Subjects with hearing loss have higher levels of kinesychophobia and lower physical health scores than healthy individuals matched with age and BMI. Kinesiophobia may affect quality of life in this population.

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The Effects of Hearing Impairment in Older Adults on Communication Partners: A Systematic Review

Abstract: This review highlights the broad effects of hearing impairment and the importance of involving CPs in hearing loss treatment decisions.

Cited by 98 publications

References 62 publications

Factors influencing pursuit of hearing evaluation: Enhancing the health belief model with perceived burden from hearing loss on communication partners

Factors influencing pursuit of hearing evaluation: Enhancing the health belief model with perceived burden from hearing loss on communication partners

A Data-Driven Synthesis of Research Evidence for Domains of Hearing Loss, as Reported by Adults With Hearing Loss and Their Communication Partners

Kinesiophobia in Hearing Loss

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