NCOA study conducted a survey of 2,069 hearing impaired individuals and 1,710 family members. The study examined perceptions and experiences of the patient and family members in two populations: Those who treated their hearing loss and those who didn’t.
For more information, please refer to, The Hearing Review: Research-Quantifying the Obvious:
The Impact of Hearing Instruments on Quality of Life Positive Changes and Reported Benefits of Hearing Instrument Owners:
-Relationships at home
-Feelings about self -Life overall
-Mental health
-Self-Confidence
-Relations with child/grandchild
-Participate group activities
-Sense of independence
-Sense of safety
-Ability to play card/board games
-Social life
-Physical health
-Dependence on others
-Relationships at work
-Ability to play sports
Users also recorded fewer occurrences of depression and worry, fatigue, weight loss, and suicide.
Reports indicated better interpersonal relationships, lower anger, frustration, denial, phobias, decreased discriminatory behaviors and feeling |
Effect on Family Members for Improvement of Hearing in the Following Areas:
-Relationships at home
-Self-perception
-Over-all quality of life
-Mental health -Confidence
-Relationships w/children
-Participation in group activities
-Independence
-Sense of safety
-Physical Health
-Dependence on others and work relationships Emotional Effects of Hearing Impaired Individuals
*Non Hearing Aid Users:
-Respondents described themselves as more fearful, tense, insecure, unstable, nervous, etc.
-Family members observed greater degrees of anger and frustration in the respondent.
-Respondents exhibited more symptoms of depression.
-Respondents have more feelings of paranoia.
-Respondents were more likely to deny their hearing loss or the impact of their hearing loss on their life or the lives of others.
-Respondents were more likely to exhibit more anxiety symptoms.
-Respondents were more likely to report they “dwell on their mistakes” or “have an inferiority complex.”
-Respondents are viewed as confused, disoriented and unable to concentrate.
-Respondents were more likely to exhibit social phobias.
-Respondents are viewed as private, passive, shy, quite, easily embarrassed, etc.
-Respondents “believe they have little control over the events in their lives.”
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