Dunlap W R, Sands D I
University of Alabama.
Am Ann Deaf. 1990 Dec;135(5):384-8. doi: 10.1353/aad.2012.0412.
Training hearing-impaired persons in independent living skills has become a focus of education and rehabilitation programs for the hearing impaired. Yet, few programs and assessment instruments are designed to evaluate a person's potential for acquiring independent living skills. In this study, the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale was used to classify 118 hearing-impaired persons in groups based on their ability to be trained in independent living skills. Cluster analysis was used to group the subjects according to four domains: communication, daily living, socialization, and maladaptive behavior. The results indicate that the behavior scale can be used to classify hearing-impaired persons according to their ability to acquire independent living skills. The cluster analysis resulted in three groups. The persons in the lowest group did not have the most severe hearing losses, but they were more likely to have additional handicaps. This suggests that additional handicaps may be more important than degree of hearing loss in determining whether hearing-impaired persons can acquire independent living skills.
对听力受损者进行独立生活技能培训已成为听力受损者教育与康复项目的一个重点。然而，很少有项目和评估工具是用来评估一个人获得独立生活技能的潜力的。在本研究中，文兰适应行为量表被用于根据118名听力受损者接受独立生活技能培训的能力将他们分组。聚类分析被用于根据四个领域对受试者进行分组：沟通、日常生活、社交和适应不良行为。结果表明，该行为量表可用于根据听力受损者获得独立生活技能的能力对他们进行分类。聚类分析产生了三组。最低组的人听力损失并非最严重，但他们更有可能有其他残疾。这表明，在确定听力受损者是否能够获得独立生活技能方面，其他残疾可能比听力损失程度更重要。
