Kramer S E, Kapteyn T S, Festen J M
Audiology, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Audiology. 1998 Sep-Oct;37(5):302-12. doi: 10.3109/00206099809072984.
This study investigates the extent to which individuals see themselves as being handicapped by a hearing disability. Self-reports were obtained with the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap which distinguishes five basic disabilities: intelligibility in noise, intelligibility in quiet, localization of sounds, distinction of sounds and detection of sounds. Responses of 239 hearing-impaired people with varying types of hearing loss have been examined. The occurrence of the five disabilities in the population as well as the self-reported limiting and annoying effect per disability has been examined. This study shows that the handicapping effects of the disabilities do not have equal weights. Handicap resulting from the inability to understand speech in noise is most strongly felt. This paper argues that the type of disability jointly determines the severity of a person's handicap.
本研究调查了个体认为自身在多大程度上因听力残疾而受限。通过阿姆斯特丹听觉残疾与障碍量表获取自我报告，该量表区分了五种基本残疾：噪声环境下的言语清晰度、安静环境下的言语清晰度、声音定位、声音辨别和声音检测。研究考察了239名不同类型听力损失的听力障碍者的回答。研究了这五种残疾在人群中的发生率以及每种残疾自我报告的限制和困扰效应。本研究表明，这些残疾的障碍效应权重并不相同。在噪声环境中无法理解言语所导致的障碍感受最为强烈。本文认为，残疾类型共同决定了一个人障碍的严重程度。
