Quality of Life of Hearing Impaired Young Adults Using Hearing Aid

Abstract

Objective: To assess the quality of life of hearing impaired young adults using hearing aid.

Study Design: Descriptive study

Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of ENT, Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine & Dentistry, Lahore from 1^st January 2018 to 30^th June 2018.

Materials and Methods: Fifty individuals were collected from the “Hamza Foundation Academy for the Deaf” with “severe degree” hearing loss, all over the “age of 18 -34 years” (young adults).The patients answered the questions after the effective use of hearing aid. The questionnaire consists of “16 questions” about general quality-of-life and other aspects: physical, psychological, environmental and social relations. Questionnaire collected all objectives of study.

Results: This study shows that there were 3 (6.0%) subjects had poor quality of life, 28 (56.0%) subject had Moderate QOL and 19 (38.0%) subjects had Good Quality of Life after using hearing aid.

Conclusion: This study shows that usages of hearing aids are clearly associated with impressive improvements in the social, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being of people with severe degree hearing loss. Specifically, hearing aid usage is positively related to restore the hearing impaired person’s function in society.