The Hearing Aid Effect in Northern Territory Indigenous Australian Children as Perceived by Their Peers

Ryan, Brigitte-Jane; Jhonson, April; Strange, Amanda; Yonovitz, Al

doi:10.1375/audi.28.2.55

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“…Use of classroom-wide sound field amplification has been found to encourage children’s interaction with teachers and peers [44]. Importantly, amplification may reduce stigma and negative attitudes of peers which have been found to inhibit hearing aide use [45,46]. Although this appears to be a rapid, cost effective part of the solution, there are no clear or enforceable standards for classroom acoustics in Australia [44].…”

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Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

DiGiacomo

Davidson

Abbott

et al. 2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

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IntroductionAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children have higher rates of disability than non-Indigenous children and are considered doubly disadvantaged, yet there is very little data reflecting prevalence and service access to inform design and delivery of services. Failing to address physical, social, and psychological factors can have life-long consequences and perpetuate longstanding health disparities.MethodsA narrative literature review was undertaken to identify peer reviewed literature describing factors impacting on the prevention, recognition, and access to support and management of disability in Indigenous Australian children.ResultsTwenty-seven peer-reviewed journal articles met inclusion criteria. The majority of articles focused on the hearing loss and learning disabilities consequent of otitis media. Few articles reported data on urban or metropolitan Indigenous populations or described interventions. Individual/community-, provider-, and systems level factors were identified as impacting on recognition and management of disability in young Indigenous children.ConclusionsGiven the burden of childhood disability, the limited literature retrieved is concerning as this is a barometer of activity and investment. Solutions addressing childhood disability will require collaboration between health, social and educational disciplines as well as an increased investment in prevention, identification and promotion of access.

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Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

DiGiacomo

Davidson

Abbott

et al. 2013

International Journal for Equity in Health

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“…Particular factors of concern included not wanting to publicly admit to a hearing impairment, look 'disabled' or 'old', be treated differently by other people, made fun of or considered 'weak' and feeble'. With regards to public stigma, for instance, primary school children evaluated peers wearing hearing aids more negatively than those without [44].…”

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“…This is likely to increase experiences of discrimination. While most of the research on the stigma associated with hearing aid use has been based in the USA, the 'hearing aid effect' has also been shown to hold for primary school indigenous children in Australia [44] and is recognised in the UK [50].…”

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confidence: 99%

Deafblind people, stigma and the use of communication and mobility assistive devices

Hersh

2013

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This paper draws on interviews with 27 deafblind people and the mother of an autistic deafblind woman carried out as part of a larger research project on travel issues for blind, partially sighted and deafblind people to investigate and report on issues related to the use of communication and mobility assistive devices, in particular long canes, guide dogs, hearing aids and wheelchairs. The interviewees came from six different countries and both similarities and differences were found between the experiences in the different countries. One of the main themes that arose in the context of the use of these devices was stigmatisation. This is already frequently a problem for deafblind people due to the additive or multiplicative effects of what could be seen as two distinct impairments. Consequently actual experiences or fears of being stigmatised as a result of using assistive devices led to some deafblind people who might benefit from these devices not using them. This generally makes them more dependent on other people for personal assistance and may reduce their quality of life, as such assistance is not always available. However, deafblind people are as diverse as any other population group and many of the interviewees used communication and mobility assistive devices and considered their benefits to outweigh any possible stigmatisation. Several of the interviewees used several assistive devices and had found some of them easier to accept than others. the EDU definition requires the person to have 'significant auditory and visual impairments' and the resulting barriers are 'obstacles in communication with the surroundings and prevents normal participation in society'.The interpersonal communication approaches used by deafblind people are discussed in more detail in [3] and include spoken, sign and tactile sign languages, deafblind manual alphabets and finger Braille (typing on six fingers like a Braille keyboard). Thus the development of assistive communication devices for deafblind people is complicated by their use of a number of different communication strategies, giving a need for different communication devices for different groups of deafblind people. A number of assistive communication devices have been developed to support deaf people who use spoken languages [4], including hearing aids, cochlear implants, induction loop and infrared assistive listening systems. Portable communication devices have been developed for deafblind people who use manual alphabets or finger Braille, for instance [5-

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“…A study by Ryan, Johnson, Strange, and Yonovitz (2007) was the first to examine the HAE in an Indigenous Australian population. Participants in this study included Indigenous Australian children from urban Catholic and independent schools in the Northern Territory.…”

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“…All of the available studies on the HAE have used Caucasian subjects (with the exceptions of Davis et al, 1999 andRyan et al, 2007) and, in particular, Caucasian male subjects from 4 years to 15 years of age. There is a lack of research examining the HAE with Indigenous Australian adolescents.…”

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The Stigma of Wearing Hearing Aids in an Adolescent Aboriginal Population

Strange¹,

Johnson²,

Ryan³

et al. 2008

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology

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The Hearing Aid Effect in Northern Territory Indigenous Australian Children as Perceived by Their Peers

Cited by 8 publications

References 38 publications

Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

Childhood disability in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a literature review

Deafblind people, stigma and the use of communication and mobility assistive devices

The Stigma of Wearing Hearing Aids in an Adolescent Aboriginal Population

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