Tolson D, Swan I R, McIntosh J
Department of Nursing and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Br J Clin Pract. 1995 Sep-Oct;49(5):243-5.
A survey was made of the problem of age-related hearing impairment within a sample of National Health Service long-stay wards for elderly people. Detailed assessment of hearing was completed for 188 residents derived from 15 long-stay wards, located within nine Scottish hospitals. The sample residents were more than four times as likely to need a hearing aid as their contemporaries in the general population. Of the 131 people considered to be potential hearing aid candidates, 103 (78%) demonstrated a positive attitude towards hearing aids ownership. Medical policies on the study wards were not considered sensitive to the needs of the hearing-impaired; screening was haphazard and specialist referral problematic.
对国民医疗服务体系中老年人长期住院病房样本中的年龄相关性听力障碍问题进行了一项调查。对来自苏格兰九家医院15个长期住院病房的188名居民完成了听力的详细评估。样本中的居民需要助听器的可能性是普通人群中同龄人所需可能性的四倍多。在131名被认为可能适合使用助听器的人中，103人（78%）对拥有助听器持积极态度。研究病房的医疗政策被认为对听力受损者的需求不敏感；筛查是随意的，专科转诊也存在问题。
