The occurrence of ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘what house’ and other repair initiations in the home environment of hearing‐impaired individuals

Pajo, Kati

doi:10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00187.x

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“…Our findings on HA users with mild to moderately severe HL are in contrast with the previous findings of conversations involving participants with severe acquired HL using hearing amplification (e.g., Lind et al . , Pajo ). HA users with severe HL are found to make significantly more open‐class repair initiations than their interlocutors.…”

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“…The studies found concerned only few participants, seven (Lind et al . ) and five (Pajo ), and the participants had severe HL. Similar studies on the conversational interactions of adults with mild to moderate HL were not found.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…, Lind et al . ), or in one everyday context (usually the home environment) (e.g., Pajo ). Here we examine an understudied group, middle‐aged adults with mild to moderate HL in conversations at home, work and in the hearing clinics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other‐initiations of repair are of particular interest since adults with severe HL using hearing amplification have been reported to make more other‐initiations in conversation than their normally hearing conversational partners (Lind et al . , Pajo ). However, we do not know whether this is the case also in interactions involving adults with a mild to moderate HL using HA.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The studies have also shown that adults with acquired HL using hearing amplification make significantly more open‐class repair initiations than the adults with normal hearing in the same conversation (Lind et al . , , Pajo ). In interactions recorded at the clinic studied by Lind et al .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Open‐class repair initiations in conversations involving middle‐aged hearing aid users with mild to moderate loss

Laakso

Salmenlinna

Aaltonen

et al. 2019

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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Background To manage conversational breakdowns, individuals with hearing loss (HL) often have to request their interlocutors to repeat or clarify. Aims To examine how middle‐aged hearing aid (HA) users manage conversational breakdowns by using open‐class repair initiations (e.g., questions such as sorry, what and huh), and whether their use of repair initiations differs from their normally hearing interlocutors. Methods & Procedures Eighteen 45–64‐year‐old adults with acquired mild to moderate HL participated in the study. The participants were videotaped in everyday interactions at their homes and workplaces and in clinical encounters with hearing health professionals. Interactions were transcribed and open‐class repair initiations of participants with HL and their interlocutors were identified using conversation analysis. The frequencies of initiations were analyzed statistically between the groups, and the contexts and structure of repair sequences dealing with communication breakdown were analyzed. Outcomes & Results Before acquiring HA the participants with HL reported intense use of open‐class repair initiation. After HAs were acquired, there was no statistically significant difference in the frequency of open‐class repair initiations between HA users and their interlocutors. The most common means for open‐class repair initiation in the data was interrogative word mitä (‘what’). Vocalization hä (‘huh’), apologetic expression anteeksi (‘sorry’) and clausal initiations (e.g., ‘what did you say’/‘I didn't hear’) occurred less often. Open‐class repair initiations emerged in contexts where they typically occur in conversation, such as topical shifts, overlapping talk and action, background noise, and disagreements. When used, open‐class repair initiations most often led to repetition by the interlocutor, which immediately repaired the conversational breakdown. Long clarification sequences with multiple repair initiations did not occur. Conclusions & Implications Participants with mild to moderate HL using hearing amplification initiate open‐class repair similarly to their normally hearing conversational partners when the frequency, types, contexts and structure of repair are considered. The findings diminish the stigma related to HL, HAs and the use of open‐class repair. The findings suggest that HA amplifies hearing successfully in everyday conversation when the level of HL is mild to moderate. However, the evidence for the benefit of HAs remains indirect.

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confidence: 95%