A Study on Speech Perception and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults with Partial Deafness and Severe-Profound Hearing Loss

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국언어치료학회
· 수록지 정보 : 언어치료연구 / 29권 / 1호 / 117 ~ 127페이지
· 저자명 : 장성진, 박상희, 권혜림, 전영명

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to examine pre and post-operative speech perception and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in adults with Partial Deafness and Severe-Profound hearing loss. Methods: The study design was a retrospective review of speech perception performance and HRQoL for 13 adults with Partial Deafness and 13 adults with Severe-Profound hearing loss at pre-operation and one-year post-op. Monosyllabic words, disyllabic words, and sentence tests were used to evaluate their speech perception. To evaluate their HRQoL, the Nijmegan Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) was used. Results: Both two groups showed significant improvements in all speech perception tests and all items in NCIQ after cochlear implantation(CI). Scores of a monosyllabic, disyllabic, sentence and physical functioning of NCIQ in the Partial Deafness group were significantly higher than those of the Severe-Profound group before CI. After CI, the scores of sentence test and physical functioning of NCIQ in the Partial Deafness group were significantly higher than those of that of the Severe-Profound Group. However, there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in the area of psychological and social functioning before and after CI. Conclusions: These results suggested that CI has a positive impact on speech perception performance and HRQoL in adults with Partial Deafness and Severe-Profound hearing loss. Although the Partial Deafness group presented better speech perception performance than those who have Severe-Profound hearing loss, there was no significant difference in psychological and social functions between two groups. HRQoL is a critical component when evaluating CI intervention. More sensitive measures are required to sensitively evaluate the performance of adults with hearing loss for each hearing loss type.

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