Sensory loss and its consequences for couples’ psychosocial and relational wellbeing: an integrative review

Lehane, Christine M.; Dammeyer, Jesper; Elsass, Peter

doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1132675

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“…Hearing loss is a common chronic condition affecting older adults, and it is important for us to understand its impact on quality of life. 7 These findings highlight the need for improved methods of identifying individuals with age-related hearing loss and improving services for providing hearing aids, assistive listening devices, and auditory rehabilitation. Identifying individuals with hearing loss and supplying appropriate hearing aids or other listening devices and teaching coping strategies may have a positive impact on quality of life for older people.…”

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Impact of hearing loss in the lives of geriatric individuals

Jain

Thomas

2019

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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Background: Hearing loss in old age is a vexing problem and millions of people worldwide are suffering from it. The aim of this study is to identify the problems which geriatric individuals with hearing loss experience and to help them to overcome their disability and its effects on social engagement and interpersonal relationship.Methods: The study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital and is based on prospective study. The data collection was done in the form of confrontational interview. Results: According to our study individuals suffering from moderate hearing loss have difficulty in communicating with friends, relatives and even strangers. They even face problems in travelling. They feel disoriented during conversation and tend to miss out parts of conversation. They tend to use their visual signals more than hearing for example while watching television they try to focus and interpret more by the video than by listening to the audio. People suffering from mild to moderate hearing loss try to ignore the disability and request people to repeat statements but inadvertently still miss out the conversation and the try to ignore the handicap.Conclusions: Age related hearing loss known as presbycusis and it is one of the most prevalent conditions in old age and millions of people worldwide are afflicted. It is one of the leading cause of overall diminution of physical and mental performance in old age. It is often neglected and remains undetected for long in geriatric population due to gradual progression.

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Impact of hearing loss in the lives of geriatric individuals

Jain

Thomas

2019

Int J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg

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“…Previous research on the psychosocial adjustment of adults with sensory loss (AWSLs) has suggested that social support, particularly from significant others such as a spouse, can buffer against social and emotional difficulties (Barron, Foxall, Von Dollen, Jones, & Shull, ; Bookwala, ). However, given that the primary negative consequences of sensory loss involve communication and social withdrawal, the ability to maintain mental well‐being and a supportive relationship when dealing with the loss of hearing and/or vision can be challenging for both AWSLs and their spouses (Lehane, Dammeyer, & Elsass, ).…”

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“…The onset of sensory loss is known to impact the well‐being of both partners in a relationship, yet most studies have reported only the results of one partner's experience, even when data on both partners have been collected (Lehane, Dammeyer, & Elsass, ). Thus, existing research examining couples’ functioning in the context of sensory loss has predominantly presented the intrapersonal perspective (Rusbult & Van Lange, ), that is, the effect of a participant's own perception and behaviour on their own well‐being (actor effects).…”

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Couples coping with sensory loss: A dyadic study of the roles of self‐ and perceived partner acceptance

Lehane

Nielsen

Wittich

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British J Health Psychol

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Interventions targeting acceptance that incorporate a family systems perspective may be beneficial in alleviating psychological and relational distress among couples coping with sensory loss. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? The experience of hearing and/or vision loss has been linked to heightened distress both psychologically and within intimate relationships. Prior research has demonstrated a link between an individual's ability to accept their sensory loss and healthier well-being. What does this study add? This is the first dyadic study of sensory loss acceptance and its link to relationship satisfaction and distress. Acceptance operates interpersonally protecting against distress for those with sensory loss and their spouses. Perceiving that one's spouse accepts the sensory loss is important for both partner's relationship satisfaction.

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“…We did not examine gender differences in the present study due to uncertainty about the gender of the informant and the small sample size when restricted to spouses; however, post hoc analyses (unreported) did suggest that there were stronger associations between participant characteristics and informant distress when participants were men. Previous studies examining third-party impacts of sensory loss have typically been applied in the context of spousal [12,13,47] or care-recipient-giver relationships Fig. 1.…”

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Third-Party Impact of Dual Sensory Loss on Neuropsychiatric Symptom-Related Distress among Friends and Family

2020

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Background: Vision loss and hearing loss are common in later life and are associated with cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptoms. There is a need to better understand how individual characteristics, such as poor sensory functioning, are linked with familial well-being. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether, among persons with neuropsychiatric symptoms, age-related sensory loss is related to increased emotional distress reported by their family and friends. Methods: The sample comprised 537 participant-informant dyads from the Personality and Total Health through Life (PATH) study, a community-based cohort. Participants were aged between 72 and 79 years (56% men), and all were reported to exhibit at least 1 neuropsychiatric symptom. Informants were participants' spouse (50%), child (35%), friend (7%), or other relatives (7%). Neuropsychiatric symptom-related distress of friends and family was assessed with the distress subscale of the Neuropsychi-atric Inventory (NPI). Sensory functioning in participants was assessed by visual acuity and self-reported hearing difficulties. Ordinal logistic regression analyses estimated the association between sensory problems and NPI distress. Results: In models adjusted for informant dyadic relationship and socio-demographics, both lower visual acuity (B = 0.23, SE = 0.10) and self-reported hearing difficulty (B = 0.15, SE = 0.06) were associated with increased levels of distress. The increased informant distress associated with poor visual acuity was attenuated after adjusting for neurocognitive disorder and health conditions (p = 0.069). A significant interaction between vision and hearing remained after multivariable adjustment (χ 2 (1) = 6.73, p = 0.010). Conclusions: Friends and family of persons with poor visual acuity and perceived hearing difficulties report elevated levels of neuropsychiatric symptom-related distress relative to friends and family of persons with poor sensory functioning in only 1 sensory domain or unimpaired levels of vision and hearing. These findings provide evidence of the third-party effects of sensory loss in the context of neuropsychiatric symptoms, and in particular show how dual sensory loss can confer additional challenges over and above the effects of a single sensory loss.

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Sensory loss and its consequences for couples’ psychosocial and relational wellbeing: an integrative review

Abstract: Although this review reports an association between sensory loss and couples' relational and psychosocial wellbeing, the results should be viewed with caution given that relatively few studies on couples' experiences of acquired sensory loss exist, and many have methodological limitations.

Cited by 36 publications

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Impact of hearing loss in the lives of geriatric individuals

Impact of hearing loss in the lives of geriatric individuals

Couples coping with sensory loss: A dyadic study of the roles of self‐ and perceived partner acceptance

Third-Party Impact of Dual Sensory Loss on Neuropsychiatric Symptom-Related Distress among Friends and Family

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