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Hearing Loss: Examination and Evaluation by a Nurse

Autoři: Blanař Vít | Mejzlík Jan

Rok: 2014

Druh publikace: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Strana od-do: nestránkováno

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Jazyk	Název	Abstrakt	Klíčová slova
eng	Hearing Loss: Examination and Evaluation by a Nurse	Introduction In the human population there are an increasing number of people with hearing impairment at the present time. Reasons for this socio – pathological phenomenon are extensive; examples include environmental burden of noise (road traffic, air transport), increasing age of the population and growing industrial production with risk of occupational hearing loss. It is well known that the same hearing loss may cause different problems for different patients. Hearing loss often excludes patients from social life and causes many difficulties. Research Goals 1) Validate Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults for application in the Czech Republic. 2) Determine the relationship between the level of hearing loss according to tone audiometry examination and the subjective perception of hearing impairment. 3) Evaluate the contribution of nurses for investigation and evaluation of hearing loss caused by excessive noise. Research plan The first step is evaluating the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults (HHIA) for use in research. The next step is a translation by three experts in the field of otorhinolaryngology. Each of them creates one version of the translation. The linguistic expert will evaluate these three translations, and propose the final translation. In to the research will be included 40 respondents without hearing loss and 80 respondents with different levels of hearing impairment. All respondents will be examined by pure tone audiometry and everybody will complete a HHIA questionnaire. From this group 30 respondents will complete the questionnaire again after six weeks, to assess reliability. Conclusion The questionnaire could be practically used in the context of application of hearing aids. It is also possible to use the questionnaire as a screening method for easy examination of many people. The next possibility is to use this test before the therapy and after the therapy of hearing loss and compare gained benefits.	Hearing; Loss; Examination; and; Evaluation; Nurse