Quality of Life of Hearing-Impaired Middle School Students: a Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China
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Quality of Life of Hearing-Impaired Middle School Students: a Cross-Sectional Study in Hubei Province, China Ling Qi 1 & Hongling Zhang 1 & Rong Nie 1 & Aoshuang Xiao 1 & Jing Wang 2 & Yukai Du 3
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Abstract To assess the self-perceived quality of life of in middle school student with hearing impairment and identify the social-demographic and clinical factors those influence their quality of life in Hubei Province, China. A school-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in Hubei Province. Using stratified sampling method, 437 middle school students diagnosed with hearing impairment, aged 12-18 years, in special school setting were enrolled in the study. The Quality of Life Scale for Children and Adolescents (LSCA) was used for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics at the significance of p < 0.05. The quality of life of participates calculated to be 132.43 ± 15.19, and no significant differences were found in the overwhelming majority subscale and whole scale between students with hearing impairment and their normal hearing peers. Good peer relationships (β = −6.32, p < 0.001) and school performance (β = −3.58, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with a better quality of life. Moreover, receiving hearing rehabilitation was also significantly associated with a better quality of life (β = 2.81, p < 0.001). Overall, students with hearing impairment reported similar quality of life to their normal hearing peers. The findings contradicted with the hypothesis that hearing impaired students could have poorer quality of life compared with their normal hearing peers. Promoting peer relationship and school performance may be conducive to the improvement of quality of life in hearing impaired students. Keywords Quality of life . Hearing impairment . Middle school students . LSCA
* Yukai Du [email protected] Ling Qi [email protected] Extended author information available on the last page of the article
Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities
Review of Literature The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that in 2011, 360 million people were living with hearing impairment, of these,approximately 32 million were children younger than 15 years old globally (Olusanya et al. 2014). Hearing impairment is also one of the most frequent sensory disorders in China. Data from the Second National Sample Survey on Disability by the Chinese government in 2006 reported that more than 27.8 million people present with hearing impairment in China. Among these individuals, more than half of a million were under the age of 18 (SUN Xi-bin et al. (2008). Hearing impairment is a significant public health and social concern due to its growing prevalence and profound effects on both individuals and their families.
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