Utjecaj dobi, spola i stupnja oštećenja sluha na percipirani slušni hendikep kod osoba sa stečenim oštećenjem sluha

master's thesis

• Title (english): The Impact of Age, Gender and Degree of Hearing Impairment on Perceived Hearing Handicap in Persons with Acquired Hearing Loss
• Author: Lucija Perišić
• Mentor: Iva Hrastinski (mentor)
• Committee member: Iva Hrastinski (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Luka Bonetti (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Milković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-09-23, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech Therapy

Abstract

Stečeno oštećenje sluha je jedno od najčešćih kroničnih stanja koje pogađa osobe starije životne dobi, pritom nerijetko uzrokujući pad kvalitete života zahvaćenih osoba. S obzirom na činjenicu da svjetska populacija stari, pitanje očuvanja čim veće kvalitete života za osobe sa stečenim oštećenjem sluha od rastuće je važnosti. U središtu ovog rada je fenomen slušnog hendikepa kao okidača za traženje stručne pomoći i najboljeg prediktora kvalitete života osoba sa stečenim oštećenjem sluha. Slušni hendikep se definira kao stupanj u kojem oštećenje sluha utječe na život pojedinca uzrokovanjem ograničenja u komunikaciji i svakodnevnom funkcioniranju, a cilj ovog rada je ispitati utjecaj dobi, spola i stupnja oštećenja sluha na njegovu samopercepciju. U istraživanju su sudjelovale 84 osobe s obostranim stečenim oštećenjem sluha, dobi od 60 do 94 godine. U svrhu određivanja stupnja oštećenja sluha, svim je pacijentima napravljena tonska audiometrija, a podaci o jačini samopercipiranog slušnog hendikepa prikupljeni su korištenjem hrvatske verzije upitnika The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE). Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da samopercipirani slušni hendikep pozitivno korelira s dobi i stupnjem oštećenja sluha. Prema rezultatima hijerarhijske regresijske analize, najbolji prediktor ukupnog rezultata na upitniku HHIE, ali i rezultata na svakoj od njegovih podljestvica je stupanj oštećenja sluha. Također, spol se pokazao značajnim prediktorom rezultata na emocionalnoj, a dob prediktorom rezultata na socijalnoj podskali upitnika. Ovi rezultati doprinose razumijevanju varijabiliteta u percepciji utjecaja stečenog oštećenja sluha na svakodnevno funkcioniranje, ističu nužnost uvažavanja individualnih potreba pri kreiranju terapijskih ciljeva i potiču na istraživanje ostalih faktora koji bi mogli utjecati na samopercepciju slušnog hendikepa.

Abstract (english)

Acquired hearing loss is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting the elderly, often causing a decline in the quality of life of those affected. Given that the world's population is aging, the issue of maintaining the highest possible quality of life for people with acquired hearing impairment is of growing importance. The core issue of this paper is the phenomenon of hearing handicap, being a trigger for seeking professional help and the best predictor of the quality of life of people with acquired hearing impairment. Hearing handicap is defined as a degree to which a hearing impairment affects an individual’s life by causing limitations in communication and daily functioning. The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of age, gender and degree of hearing impairment on self-perceived hearing handicap. Eighty-four people with bilateral acquired hearing impairment, aged 60 to 94 years, participated in the study. In order to determine the degree of hearing impairment, all patients underwent tonal audiometry, while data on the severity of self-perceived hearing handicap were collected using the Croatian version of The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) questionnaire.
The results of the study showed that self-perceived hearing handicap is positively correlated with age and degree of hearing impairment. According to the results of hierarchical regression analysis, the best predictor of the overall score on the HHIE questionnaire, but also of the scores on each of its subscales, is shown to be the degree of hearing impairment. Also, gender proved to be a significant predictor of scores on the emotional subscale, while age helps predict results on the social subscale of the questionnaire. Taken together, these findings help understand the variability in the perception of the impact of acquired hearing impairment on daily functioning, emphasize the necessity to account for individual needs when creating therapeutic goals and encourage exploring other factors which might be influencing hearing handicap self-perception.

• Keywords: slušni hendikep; stečeno oštećenje sluha; demografski čimbenici; The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)
• Keywords (english): hearing handicap; acquired hearing impairment; demographic factors; The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE)
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:436829
• Study programme: Title: Graduate study of Speech and Language Pathology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra logopedije (magistar/magistra logopedije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-11-02 12:50:11