Adolescents’ Aesthetic and Functional View of Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem Levels

Ellington, Tameka N.; Lim, Stacey

doi:10.2752/175693813x13559997788763

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“…These societal issues, related to acceptance and prejudices, are often raised by the Deaf community ( Christiansen and Leigh, 2004 ). Ellington and Lim (2013) did report a lack of understanding by others that could lead to low self-esteem in DHH children. Respondents in the current study exclusively strived for the typical-hearing societal norm, living with the expectations and pressure.…”

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confidence: 89%

Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

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In the Western world, for deaf and hard-of-hearing children, hearing aids or cochlear implants are available to provide access to sound, with the overall goal of increasing their wellbeing. If and how this goal is achieved becomes increasingly multifarious when these children reach adolescence and young adulthood and start to participate in society in other ways. An approach to wellbeing that includes personal differences and the relative advantages and disadvantages that people have, is the capability approach, as developed by Nobel Prize laureate Amartya Sen. Capability is the set of real opportunities people have to do and be things they have reason to value. We interviewed 59 young people, aged 13 through 25, with cochlear implants (37) or hearing aids (22) to capture their capability. We found that their hearing devices enabled them to actively participate in a predominantly hearing society, with few differences between cochlear implant and hearing aid recipients. They did, however, report challenges associated with prejudices and expectations, and with feeling poorly understood, all of which appeared to impact their capability. Through the lens of capability, alleged differences between hearing aid and cochlear implant recipients began to fade. We discuss the implications for initiatives focused on the long-term support young recipients of hearing devices to meet their specific requirements over time.

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confidence: 89%

Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

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“…Bazı bireyler için, işitme cihazı, koklear implant gibi teknolojilerin en önemli nitelikleri konfor ve işitsel erişim olurken, diğerleri estetik nitelikleri en önemli olarak görmektedir. [33] Bazı işitme kayıplı bireyler bu işitme teknolojilerin en küçük ve görünmez olanını istemekte ve cihazlarını çözümden çok sorun olarak görme eğilimindedirler. Dahası, sosyal etkinlikler esnasında cihazlarını saklama veya çıkarma eylemlerinde bulunmaktadırlar.…”

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Opinions of hearing-impaired individuals about social media: A preliminary study

Tuz

2023

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Objectives: The study examined the opinions of hearing-impaired individuals about the content on social media platforms, their social media usage tendencies, and their feelings, thoughts, and experiences during their use. Patients and Methods: Forty individuals aged 18 years and older who are native Turkish speakers diagnosed with hearing loss regardless of the type and degree of hearing loss participated in this cross-sectional survey study between November 1, 2021, and September 1, 2022. Individuals with advanced vision problems and illiterate individuals were excluded from the study. The questionnaire consisted of four sections: (i) demographic data and hearing loss characteristics; (ii) social media usage and purposes; (iii) opinions about the content on social media; and (iv) feelings, thoughts, and experiences about social media. Responses were evaluated on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Results: The most common purposes of using social media were doing research and getting information about hearing loss and the technologies they use. Of the participants, 45.5% stated that they do not prefer their devices to be seen in the photos they share on social media platforms and that they are undecided about the ease of use of existing social media platforms for the hearing impaired. Conclusion: It is important to determine what hearing-impaired individuals feel about hearing loss and technologies, both to guide hearing care professionals and health institutions in creating content on these issues and to improve these platforms.

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“…Especially young people want to be similar with others (see also Ellington & Lim, 2013). When they use hearing aids, hearing loss becomes visible and therefore, not everyone wants to use for example FM equipment.…”

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‘I am not alone’ – an ethnographic research on the peer support among northern-Finnish children with hearing loss

Lasanen

Määttä

Uusiautti

2017

Early Child Development and Care

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This study focused on the peer support group activities organized in two northern-Finnish places for children with hearing loss and their experiences of it. Two research questions were set for this study: (1) What kind of support did peer support group activities provide for children with hearing loss as described by themselves?; and (2) What kinds of practical solutions did the support from the peer support group activities provide for children with hearing loss as described by themselves? This was an ethnographic child research, in which the research participants were 16 (12 girls, 4 boys, aged 7-17 years) northern-Finnish children with hearing loss. The main research data consisted of the researcher's field notes and diaries, and focus group interviews among the research participants. Additional research data consisted of various questionnaires and background information. Peer support group activities provided children with hearing loss social, functional, cognitive, and emotional peer support and each of these included practical solutions to cope with hearing loss in everyday life. The benefits of peer support could be summarized as follows: (1) peer support group activities provided information and coping skills for the children' daily lives; (2) participation in group activities and group discussions strengthened the children's social competence; and (2) peer support group activities empowered the participants. The importance of friends and social relationships for children with hearing loss is discussed based on the findings.

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Adolescents’ Aesthetic and Functional View of Hearing Aids or Cochlear Implants and Their Relationship to Self-Esteem Levels

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

Wellbeing as Capability: Findings in Hearing-Impaired Adolescents and Young Adults With a Hearing Aid or Cochlear Implant

Opinions of hearing-impaired individuals about social media: A preliminary study

‘I am not alone’ – an ethnographic research on the peer support among northern-Finnish children with hearing loss

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