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Coping-with-hearing-loss model for older adults
Author(s)	Rowena G Gomez, Scott F Madey
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 4, July 2001
Pages	pp P223-P225
Keywords	Hearing Impairment ; Adjustment ; United States of America.
Annotation	A model is proposed that explains how hearing loss, psychological factors (i.e. attitudes about ageing, personal adjustment to hearing loss, and perceived social support), and perceived strategy effectiveness affect the use of adaptive and non-adaptive strategies. Adjustive strategies are behaviours that improve communication (i.e. asking others to repeat). Maladaptive strategies are coping behaviours that do not promote communication (i.e. pretending to understand a conversation). Non-audiological variables were more important than physical hearing loss (as measured in audiological examination) in predicting coping behaviours for hearing loss. The use of adaptive strategies was predicted to perceived effectiveness of the strategies to cope with hearing loss in daily life, poor adjustment to hearing loss, and poor social support. The results suggest that psychosocial issues may need to be addressed when older people have difficulties coping with their hearing loss. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010814203 A
Classmark	BV: DR: 7T
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