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Motivation in hearing aid acceptance
Author(s) -
Ver Sally M.,
Pratt Lindsay L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197709000-00001
Subject(s) - assertion , psychology , hearing aid , minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , personality , scale (ratio) , social desirability , clinical psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , audiology , medicine , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Patient case histories are presented in an attempt to pinpoint possible motivational factors affecting the acceptance of a hearing aid. Personality profiles were constructed on three representative patients through the use of an in‐depth interview as well as three personality scales: the 16 Multiphasic Personality Scale; the Crowne‐Marlowe Social Desirability Scale; and the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale. The very preliminary results indicate at least some face validity to the assertion that unsuccessful hearing aid wearers are measurably different from successful wearers and that these differences may be used to predict success or failure for future patients.