Fujikawa S, Cunningham J K
Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine.
Ear Hear. 1989 Dec;10(6):357-60. doi: 10.1097/00003446-198912000-00007.
Executives were surveyed about their hearing health-care practices and attitudes toward hearing loss (N = 140, mean age = 49, number of males = 133). In regard to hearing health-care practices, about one-third of the executives had not had a hearing test during the past 5 years. Fifty-one percent of the executives reported that a hearing test was conducted or recommended during their annual physical examinations. Twenty (14%) of the executives rated their hearing as fair or poor, but only two of them wore hearing aids. Executives who reported poorer hearing were less likely to have had recent hearing tests. When seeking a hearing evaluation, the executives indicated a two-to-one preference for medical doctors over audiologists--none preferred hearing aid dispensers. Regarding attitudes, approximately 90% of the executives felt that hearing aids were effective, but only two-thirds disagreed with the stereotype that hearing aids connote old age. Executives who tended to equate hearing aids with old age were less likely to be aware of hearing-impaired employees in their companies. Implications of these findings are discussed.
对企业高管进行了关于他们的听力保健习惯以及对听力损失态度的调查（N = 140，平均年龄 = 49岁，男性人数 = 133）。关于听力保健习惯，约三分之一的高管在过去5年中未进行过听力测试。51%的高管报告称在年度体检时进行了或被建议进行听力测试。20位（14%）高管将自己的听力评为一般或较差，但其中只有两人佩戴了助听器。报告听力较差的高管近期进行听力测试的可能性较小。在寻求听力评估时，高管们表示，相比听力专家，他们对医生的偏好是二比一，没有人偏好助听器经销商。在态度方面，约90%的高管认为助听器有效，但只有三分之二的人不同意助听器意味着年老的刻板印象。倾向于将助听器与老年划等号的高管不太可能意识到公司中有听力受损的员工。本文讨论了这些发现的意义。
