Stephens Dafydd, Vetter Norman, Lewis Peter
Welsh Hearing Institute, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Int J Audiol. 2003 Jul;42 Suppl 2:2S33-8.
Within this presentation, the authors consider briefly the published data on the effects of hearing impairment on lifestyle in the elderly, and suggest that the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) would provide a framework for standardizing the study of effects of impairments. This is followed by two studies. In the first study, we asked a consecutive sample of elderly patients (hearing aid candidates and users) to list the activities, transactions and interactions in which they participated, and classified these using the ICF. We then took the main categories, and, in a second study, explored how often individuals participated in them, how much difficulty they had because of their hearing loss, and how much they enjoyed them. This highlighted the considerable difficulties that most such individuals experience in common activities and communication situations, and which seem to be little influenced by whether or not they use hearing aids.
在本报告中，作者简要回顾了已发表的关于听力障碍对老年人生活方式影响的数据，并指出世界卫生组织的《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》（ICF）将为规范损伤影响的研究提供一个框架。接下来是两项研究。在第一项研究中，我们要求连续抽样的老年患者（助听器候选者和使用者）列出他们参与的活动、事务和互动，并使用ICF对其进行分类。然后，我们提取了主要类别，并在第二项研究中探讨了个体参与这些活动的频率、因听力损失而遇到的困难程度以及他们从中获得的享受程度。这凸显了大多数此类个体在日常活动和交流情境中所面临的巨大困难，而且这些困难似乎几乎不受他们是否使用助听器的影响。
