Hallberg L R
Department of Psychology, Göteborg University, Sweden.
Scand Audiol Suppl. 1996;43:25-33.
Too many individuals still unnecessarily develop noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Interviews with men with NIHL showed their lack of awareness of noise as a threat to hearing. Also, most men were unwilling to acknowledge, or even denied, their hearing problems. Interviews with spouses of men with NIHL showed that the husband's hearing loss often caused misunderstandings and irritation within the family, which had a negative impact on the couple's intimate relationship. The purposes of our group rehabilitation programme, designed for men with NIHL and their spouses, were to give psychosocial support, adequate information and practice in effective coping strategies. A professional approach to treat men with NIHL is to take a patient-centered global perspective, which encourages the patient to identify, describe and acknowledge problems related to his impaired hearing. In the next step, the patient needs professional help to solve experienced hearing related problems. In this process of identification of and solution to problems, family involvement is important and vital.
仍有太多人不必要地患上了噪声性听力损失（NIHL）。对患有NIHL的男性进行的访谈显示，他们对噪声对听力的威胁缺乏认识。此外，大多数男性不愿承认，甚至否认自己的听力问题。对患有NIHL的男性配偶进行的访谈表明，丈夫的听力损失常常在家庭中引发误解和恼怒，对夫妻亲密关系产生负面影响。我们为患有NIHL的男性及其配偶设计的团体康复计划的目的是提供心理社会支持、充分的信息以及有效应对策略的实践。治疗患有NIHL的男性的专业方法是以患者为中心的整体视角，这鼓励患者识别、描述并承认与其听力受损相关的问题。在下一步中，患者需要专业帮助来解决所经历的听力相关问题。在这个识别和解决问题的过程中，家庭参与至关重要。
