Quality of Life of Hearing-Impaired Middle School Students: a Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China

Ling, Qi; Zhang, Hongling; Nie, Rong; Xiao, Aoshuang; Wang, Jing; Du, Yukai

doi:10.1007/s10882-019-09722-z

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“…The (D)HH children in this study did not rate their QoL as significantly different from TH peers, which was in line with studies from other countries [ 23 , 24 , 29 ], but in contrast to two Norwegian studies [ 3 , 26 ]. Overgaard, Oerbeck, Wagner et al’s study [ 3 ] only included self-report measures for adolescents ≥ 13, the (D)HH children in our study were younger.…”

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Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents’ mental health, Quality of Life and communication

et al. 2023

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Mental health problems and lower Quality of Life (QoL) are more common in deaf and hard-of-hearing – (D)HH – children than in typically hearing (TH) children. Communication has been repeatedly linked to both mental health and QoL. The aims of this study were to compare mental health and QoL between signing deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH), hard-of-hearing (HH) and TH children and to study associations between mental health/QoL and severity of hearing loss and communication. 106 children and adolescents (mean age 11;8; SD = 3.42), 59 of them DHH and 47 HH, and their parents reported child mental health and QoL outcomes. Parents also provided information about their children's communication, hearing loss and education while their children's cognitive ability was assessed. Although (D)HH and their parents rated their mental health similar to their TH peers, about twice as many (D)HH children rated themselves in the clinical range. However, (D)HH children rated their QoL as similar to their TH peers, while their parents rated it significantly lower. Associations between communicative competence, parent-reported mental health and QoL were found, whereas severity of hearing loss based on parent-report had no significant association with either mental health or QoL. These results are in line with other studies and emphasise the need to follow up on (D)HH children's mental health, QoL and communication.

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“…However, the findings by Adwiasa & Muryantinah (2013) and Hasan & Handayani (2014) are different with the finding by Qi et al (2020) who finds that students with deafness at special schools have a good quality of lives. It is related to the schools' positive handling and reception, such as the teachers and the peers who have the same conditions.…”

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Which One is Happier? Psychological Well-Being Level of Students with Disabilities in Special or Inclusive Schools

Agustin

Savira

2021

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This research aims to prove the differences in psychological well-being (PWB) between students with disabilities in special and inclusive schools. This research is using the quantitative comparative method. The subjects are 69 students with disabilities from special schools and inclusive schools in Surabaya. This study focuses on students with disabilities such as deafness, hearing loss, physical disabilities, and other types of disabilities. The PWB level of each student is measured using Ryff’s multidimensional scales. The Mann-Whitney U analysis finds if the PWB level of students with disabilities in inclusive schools is higher than in special schools. The score of each dimension shows that purpose in life is the dimension with the highest average score in inclusive schools. Meanwhile, personal growth is the dimension with the highest average score in special schools. However, autonomy is the dimension with the lowest average score both in special schools and inclusive schools.

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“…There is a significant relationship between hearing rehabilitation and quality of life; specifically, the students who received hearing rehabilitation reported a higher quality of life than those who never received hearing rehabilitation. However, the majority of children with hearing impairment do not wear hearing aid devices owing to economic and stigmatic reasons, especially in middle-and low-income countries [22]. For that reason, the presence of a QoL measuring tool that is validated to the patients' language would help study the outcome of children with various disorders, and in this case, hearing loss.…”

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Translation and Validation of the Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life (HEAR-QL) Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents in Arabic

AlNowaiser¹,

Bakraa²,

Alamoudi³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundThere are numerous quality-of-life (QoL) assessment tools available; however, only a few are designed specifically for children with chronic conditions. Among these assessment tools are the Hearing Environments and Reflection on QoL questionnaires for children (HEAR-QL26, HEAR-Q28) developed by Washington University. Unfortunately, there are no other tools that assess hearing loss, and none of them are in Arabic. This paper aims to adapt the HEAR-QL to Arabic and provide an accessible method of measuring the QoL of children with hearing loss in our Arabic-speaking populations. MethodologyAn independent medical translator translated the HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 into Arabic. The translations were then examined by two bilingual, native Arabic-speaking otolaryngologists who modified the inadequate questions. Back-translation of the Arabic version into English was subsequently performed by an independent translator. Intra-rater reliability was tested for each of HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 using 10 participants for each survey, where the participants answered the surveys twice with a period of two weeks between them. A pilot study was conducted which had a total of 40 participants divided equally between the two surveys where each group had an equal number of hearing participants and participants with hearing loss. ResultsBoth HEAR-QL26 and HEAR-QL28 were validated with an overall intra-rater reliability of 88.85% and 87.86% respectively. In the pilot study, the HEAR-QL26 participants with normal hearing scored a median of 2437.5, while the participants with hearing loss scored a median of 1837.5 (p = 0.001). Moreover, HEAR-QL28 participants had a median score of 2725 among participants with normal hearing and 1725 for participants with hearing loss (p = 0.001). ConclusionHEAR-QL is a well-established QoL in children with hearing loss. The validated Arabic adaptation can now be used to measure deafness in Arabic-speaking children.

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Quality of Life of Hearing-Impaired Middle School Students: a Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents’ mental health, Quality of Life and communication

Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents’ mental health, Quality of Life and communication

Which One is Happier? Psychological Well-Being Level of Students with Disabilities in Special or Inclusive Schools

Translation and Validation of the Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life (HEAR-QL) Questionnaire for Children and Adolescents in Arabic

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