Ispitivanje odnosa funkcionalnih teškoća slušanja i stupnjeva oštećenja sluha

master's thesis

• Title (english): Investigation of the relation between functional hearing difficulties and the degree of heraing loss
• Author: Mihaela Gaća
• Mentor: Luka Bonetti (mentor)
• Committee member: Luka Bonetti (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sandra Bradarić-Jončić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ljubica Pribanić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2017-07-05, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Speech Therapy

Abstract

Osjetilo sluha jedno je od 5 osjetila koje posjedujemo i koje ima veliku ulogu u
razvoju i učenju, a njegovo oštećenje ima značajne posljedice na komunikaciju, socijalni i
akademski život te emocionalna stanja pojedinca. Najvažnijim rizičnim faktorom za nastanak
oštećenja sluha smatra se starenje (Moyer, 2012). Prema procjenama Svjetske Zdravstvene
Organizacije (WHO, 2017; 2013) oštećenje sluha veće od 40 dB na boljem uhu ima 328
milijuna odraslih osoba. S obzirom da bilo kakav prekid u slušanju ili oštećenje sluha ima
značajne posljedice na komunikaciju, socijalni i akademski život te emocionalna stanja
pojedinca, važno je da ono bude pravovremeno otkriveno i adekvatno tretirano. Danas postoje
brojni načini kako otkriti oštećenje sluha, a kao jedna od metoda kako što ranije otkriti
gubitak sluha navodi se probir, odnosno, ispitivanje utjecaja teškoća slušanja na svakodnevni
život (Goff, 2013). S obzirom da samoprocjena slušanja ili povezanih socio-emocionalnih
teškoća omogućuje uvid u subjektivan pogled na samo oštećenje, preporuča se kao način
probira gubitka sluha u odrasloj i starijoj dobi. Upitnik koji je u tu svrhu predložen u
Hrvatskoj jest Upitnik za samoprocjenu slušanja (USS). Ranijim istraživanjem pokazalo se
kako ima potencijal za probir na stečeno oštećenje sluha kod odraslih osoba za iskazivanje
funkcionalnih teškoća slušanja osoba s oštećenjem sluha (Bonetti i Vodanović, 2012). Cilj
ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati osjetljivost USS-a na postojanje veze između funkcionalnih
teškoća slušanja i stupnjeva oštećenja sluha. Uzorak sudionika istraživanja činile su osobe s
oštećenjem sluha koje su ispunile USS. Prikupljeni podaci analizirani su deskriptivno, dok je
osjetljivost upitnika ispitana klaster analizom. Razlike u ukupnim rezultatima u pojedinim
klasterima testirane su neparametrijskim Mann-Whitney U Testom. Pokazalo se kako USS
može razlikovati i osobe različitih stupnjeva oštećenja sluha, odnosno da posjeduje
sposobnost da registrira razlike u njihovom dojmu o slušnim i socio-emocionalnim teškoćama
na temelju ukupnih bruto rezultata.

Abstract (english)

Hearing is one of the 5 senses humans own and it has a huge role in development and
learning. Its impairment has significant consequences on communication, social and academic
life and emotional status of a person. Aging is the most important risk factor for hearing loss
(Moyer, 2012). World Health Organization estimates that 328 million adults have hearing loss
greater than 40 dB in better hearing ear (WHO, 2017; 2013). Given that any type of hearing
impairment could have significant consequences on communication, social and academic life
and emotional status of a person, it is very important that it is discovered in time and treated
adequately. There are numerous ways today how to discover hearing impairment. One of the
methods how to discover hearing impairment as early as possible is screening, that is,
defining the impact of hearing impairment on everyday life (Goff, 2013). Self-assesment of
hearing and related social and emotional difficulties gives a subjective view on impairment.
Hence, it is a recommended way of screening the hearing loss among adults and elderly. For
this purpose, Hearing Self-assessment Quesstinaire is proposed in Croatia. Previous research
has shown that this questionnaire has potential to be used as a screening tool for hearing
impairment in adults, showing possible functional hearing difficulties in persons with hearing
impairment (Bonetti, Vodanović, 2012). The goal of this research was to investigate USS
sensitivity towards relation between functional hearing difficulties and the degree of hearing
loss. Research sample was made of persons with hearing impariment who completed the
questionnire. Collected data was analyzed descriptively and the questionnaire sensitivity was
investigated with cluster analysis. Differences in total results between the clusters were tested
with nonparametric Man-Whitney U Test. Analysis showed that the questionnaire has the
ability to differentiate persons with different degree of hearing loss according to their
impression of hearing difficulties and the socio-emotional consequences of heraing
impairment.

• Keywords: stupanj oštećenja sluha; funkcionalne teškoće slušanja; Upitnik za samoprocjenu slušanja; osjetljivost
• Keywords (english): degree of hearing loss; functional hearing difficulties; Upitnik za samoprocjenu slušanja (USS); sensitivity
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:158:404313
• Study programme: Title: Speech and Language Pathology; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra logopedije (magistar/magistra logopedije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2018-04-27 13:01:45