Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Int J Audiol. 2012 Oct;51(10):739-45. doi: 10.3109/14992027.2012.700772. Epub 2012 Jul 19.
To investigate, in line with the "hearing-aid effect", whether medical students would have less respect for a young male with a hearing aid than without when he was described as either respectworthy (i.e. as deserving respect) or non-respectworthy, and whether their attitudes differed from non-medical students. The interaction between the presence/absence of a hearing aid and respectworthiness on respect level was also explored.
Participants were shown a photograph and a written description of a young male. They were pseudo-randomly assigned to one of four core conditions reflecting the presence or absence of a hearing aid and the young man's respectworthiness, and completed questions regarding their behaviours, beliefs, and feelings of respect towards him.
One hundred and eighty-one medical students and a control group of 92 non-medical students.
Results showed more respect for the young male with a hearing aid than without from female participants, and for the young male described as respectworthy compared to non-respectworthy in medical and in non-medical students. However, medical students had more respect for the young male with and without a hearing aid than non-medical students.
Findings were contrary to the "hearing-aid effect". Possible explanations are given and implications are discussed.
根据“助听器效应”，调查当一名佩戴和不佩戴助听器的年轻男性被描述为值得尊重（即值得尊重）或不值得尊重时，医学生对其的尊重程度是否会低于非医学生，以及他们的态度是否与非医学生不同。还探讨了助听器的存在与否与尊重程度对尊重水平的相互作用。
向参与者展示了一张照片和一段对一名年轻男性的书面描述。他们被随机分配到四个核心条件之一，反映助听器的存在与否和年轻人的值得尊重程度，并完成了关于他们对他的行为、信仰和尊重感的问题。
181 名医学生和 92 名非医学生对照组。
结果表明，女性参与者对佩戴助听器的年轻男性的尊重程度高于不佩戴助听器的男性，而医学生和非医学生对描述为值得尊重的年轻男性的尊重程度高于不值得尊重的男性。然而，医学生对佩戴和不佩戴助听器的年轻男性的尊重程度高于非医学生。
研究结果与“助听器效应”相悖。给出了可能的解释并讨论了其影响。
