Activity limitation and participation restriction in adults seeking hearing aid fitting and rehabilitation

Helvik, Anne-Sofie; Jacobsen, Geir; Wennberg, Siri; Arnesen, Haakon; Ringdahl, Anders; Hallberg, Lillemor R.‐M.

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“…Hence hearing aid users expect more benefit from the instrument or need more auditory or HATs to fulfil their listening needs. 10 In the postlingual group, hearing aid non users felt more difficulty and perceived more need for HATs. Hence it can be inferred that both the subgroups of postlingual were dependent upon auditory based communication modalities thus the need perceived was more or less same.…”

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Need of Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) for Adults with Hearing Impairment

Kumar,

Gupta,

Rangasayee

et al. 2106

IJCHMR

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Corresponding author: Satish Kumar, Lecturer (Audiology), Department of ENT, GGS Medical College Faridkot Punjab. Email: vermastsh@yahoo.co.in This article may be cited as: Kumar S, Gupta N, Rangasayee R, Dey R, and Kumar T Need of Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) for adults with Hearing Impairment..Int J Com Health and Med Res 2016;2(2):38-42Article Received: 25-05-16Accepted On: 02-06-2016 NTRODUCTIONThe sense of hearing offers the opportunity to hear, listen and understand the world of sounds. It is the key factor which fosters acquisition of speech and language skills in human beings. Adult onset of hearing loss is the second leading cause of the years lived with disability (YLD) accounting for 4.6% of total global YLDs. Hearing impairment can be prelingual (acquired before the acquisition of speech and language skills) or postlingual (acquired after acquisition of speech and language skills). Rehabilitation of persons with hearing impairment is always a challenge and needs proper examination in various areas like age of onset, degree of hearing loss, listening needs of the I Original ArticleBackground: Hearing aids remain the preferred choice of rehabilitation for the persons with sensorineural hearing impairment which facilitates better speech perception in a quiet environment, but fails to provide better signal to noise ratio (SNR) and give limited benefit in many daily life situations. The use of hearing assistance technology (HAT) along with hearing aids facilitates the communication. The present study is aimed at comparing the need for Hearing Assistance Technology (HATs) in adults with pre and post-lingual hearing impairment. Materials and methods: This cohort study included sample of 105 persons in the age range of 20 to 40 years (mean age = 28.1yrs) with hearing impairment. Subjects were divided in 2 x 2 groups based on onset of hearing loss (prelingual and postlingual) and hearing aids usage (hearing aid users and hearing aid nonusers). The standardized questionnaire tool comprised of two sections viz. general demographic details, and twenty questions based on five domains of daily life viz. interactive communication, non interactive communication, public communications, alerting signals and others were used to find the difficulty felt and perceived need for use of HATs. Results: On the basis of qualitative analysis postlingual group (mean score=42.57) felt more difficulty and perceived need for HATs compared to prelingual group (mean score=36.41). Within subgroups of prelingual, hearing aid users felt more difficulty and perceived need for HATs where as in postlingual subgroups hearing aid non users felt more difficulty and perceived need for HATs. Conclusion: The post lingual group felt more difficulty, and perceived need for HATs as compared to prelingual group. Hence it can be inferred that postlingual were dependent upon auditory based communication modalities and age of onset of hearing loss has significant influence on the difficulty felt and perceived need for HATs. Further i...

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confidence: 97%

Need of Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) for Adults with Hearing Impairment

Kumar,

Gupta,

Rangasayee

et al. 2106

IJCHMR

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“…Research in this area has highlighted the wide range of activity limitations and participation restrictions that occur as a result of hearing impairment (e.g. Dalton et al, 2003;Helvik et al, 2006;Morgan et al, 2002;Stark & Hickson, 2004;Stephens & Zhao, 1996), and the prevalence of hearing impairment in older people means that a significant number of them experience such effects (Hickson et al, 1999;Wilson et al, 1999). Somewhat less well appreciated is the impact of hearing impairment on the spouses of people with impaired hearing.…”

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The effect of hearing impairment in older people on the spouse: Development and psychometric testing of The Significant Other Scale for Hearing Disability (SOS-HEAR)

Scarinci

Worrall

Hickson

2009

International Journal of Audiology

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The effects of hearing impairment on the person with the impairment and on their significant others are pervasive and affect the quality of life for all involved. The effect of hearing impairment on significant others is known as a third-party disability. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically test a scale to measure the third-party disability experienced by spouses of older people with hearing impairment. The Significant Other Scale for Hearing Disability (SOS-HEAR) was based on results of a previous qualitative study investigating the effect of hearing impairment on a spouse's everyday life. Psychometric testing with 100 spouses was conducted using item analysis, Cronbach's alpha, factor analysis, and test-retest reliability. Principal components analysis identified six key underlying factors. A combined set of 27 items was found to be reliable (alpha = 0.94), with weighted kappa for items ranging from fair to very good. The SOS-HEAR is a brief, easy to administer instrument that has evidence of reliability and validity. The SOS-HEAR could serve as a means of identifying spouses of older people with hearing impairment in need of intervention, directed towards either the couple or the spouse alone.

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“…This finding is consistent with the findings of Humes et al [25] who did not find differences between successful and less successful hearing aid owners with regard to degree of hearing loss. Helvik et al [26] stated that audiological and demographic characteristics are insufficient to explain individuals' experiences of functioning in daily life.…”

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Development and initial validation of the ‘Clinical Global Impression’ to measure outcomes for audiological rehabilitation

Öberg

Wänström

Hjertman

et al. 2009

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Activity limitation and participation restriction in adults seeking hearing aid fitting and rehabilitation

Abstract: As a standard supplement to audiometric tests, HDHS may be successfully applied as a clinical tool among similar hearing impaired outpatients in order to assess activity limitation and participation restriction as part of audiological rehabilitation.

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Need of Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) for Adults with Hearing Impairment

Need of Hearing Assistance Technology (HAT) for Adults with Hearing Impairment

The effect of hearing impairment in older people on the spouse: Development and psychometric testing of The Significant Other Scale for Hearing Disability (SOS-HEAR)

Development and initial validation of the ‘Clinical Global Impression’ to measure outcomes for audiological rehabilitation

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