Beijen J, Mylanus E A M, Snik A F M
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Clin Otolaryngol. 2007 Apr;32(2):86-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2007.01411.x.
Analyse the difference in school careers and secondary school qualification levels between unilateral hearing aid users and bilateral hearing aid users.
Retrospective questionnaire study.
Postal-based questionnaire.
Names of adults known to have been fitted with unilateral or bilateral hearing aids during childhood were retrieved. This resulted in 292 names. Participants were selected using the following criteria: availability of the medical record, presence of bilateral hearing loss, completed secondary school education, normal IQ and a minimum aided word-recognition score of 70% at 10 years of age. The questionnaire was sent to 50 potential participants of whom 40 responded, resulting in two groups comprising 19 unilateral and 21 bilateral hearing aid users.
A questionnaire was developed to obtain data on secondary school levels and aspects of the school careers, such as type of schools attended (mainstream versus special), repeating a school year and additional assistance (speech and language therapy, personal frequency modulation systems).
Comparison of the benefit of bilateral hearing aid fitting versus unilateral hearing aid fitting on secondary school qualification level, type of school the children attended, class failure and additional assistance used.
The group of bilaterally fitted hearing aid users eventually completed secondary school at a superior level than the unilaterally fitted users. 33% of binaural hearing aid users achieved qualifications giving access to a bachelors degree compared with 21% of unilateral users. There were no differences between those fitted with unilateral and bilateral hearing aids in the type of schools attended, repeating a school year and additional assistance.
The bilateral hearing aid users obtained superior secondary school qualifications than the unilateral users but their school careers were comparable.
分析单侧助听器使用者和双侧助听器使用者在学业经历和中学学历水平上的差异。
回顾性问卷调查研究。
基于邮寄的问卷调查。
检索出已知在童年时期佩戴过单侧或双侧助听器的成年人姓名。共得到292个姓名。根据以下标准选择参与者：有病历记录、存在双侧听力损失、完成中学教育、智商正常且10岁时助听后单词识别分数至少为70%。问卷被发送给50名潜在参与者，其中40人回复，形成了两组，包括19名单侧助听器使用者和21名双侧助听器使用者。
设计了一份问卷，以获取关于中学学历水平和学业经历方面的数据，如就读学校类型（主流学校与特殊学校）、留级情况以及额外帮助（言语和语言治疗、个人调频系统）。
比较双侧助听器佩戴与单侧助听器佩戴在中学学历水平、孩子就读学校类型、成绩不及格情况和使用的额外帮助方面的益处。
双侧佩戴助听器的使用者最终完成中学学业的水平高于单侧佩戴者。33%的双耳助听器使用者获得了可攻读学士学位的资格，而单侧使用者为21%。在就读学校类型、留级情况和额外帮助方面，单侧和双侧佩戴助听器的使用者之间没有差异。
双侧助听器使用者获得的中学学历高于单侧使用者，但他们的学业经历相当。
