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Identification of Hearing Impairment in People with a Learning Disability: From Questioning to Testing
Author(s) -
Lavis Diane,
Cullen Paul,
Roy Ashok
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1997.tb00020.x
Subject(s) - audiology , psychology , identification (biology) , learning disability , hearing loss , population , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , botany , environmental health , biology
Nurses were questioned about the level of hearing impairment in the population (353) living in a hospital for people with learning disability. Systematic hearing assessments were then carried out on 324 individuals yielding a fourfold increase in identification. Methodological improvements over previous studies include specialised audiology facilities and equipment and staff experience in testing this special group. If hearing impairment is recognised and dealt with the potential for improvements in quality of life is considerable.