Logopedija, Vol. 7 No. 2, 2017.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.31299/log.7.2.5
Attitudes and awareness of young people about acquired hearing loss
Mirela Gusić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, studentica
Suzana Matić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, studentica
Iva Mrak
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, studentica
Anja Slovenc
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, studentica
Luka Bonetti
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet, Odsjek za oštećenja sluha
Sažetak
Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic conditions in adult and elderly population. One of the most important preventive activities, which developed countries are trying to implement in the attempt
to reduce the socio-economic impact of acquired hearing loss, is to inform the public better about the broad implications of this sensory change on the quality of life. It is of particular interest to inform
systematically adolescents and young adults who, due to the lack of formal protection mechanisms, are at the increased risk of acquiring hearing loss later in life because of their frequent exposure to
recreational noise. Altering the knowledge of this particular subpopulation about acquired hearing loss and its consequences can potentially change their attitudes towards prevention and ultimately behaviours that contribute to the development of hearing loss in the future. For this reason, it is important to be acquainted with the initial knowledge and attitudes of adolescents and young adults on acquired hearing loss in order to gain insight into the need for active and systematic professional efforts towards changing them, with the ultimate aim of supporting the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss in this
subpopulation. In this study, an ad hoc online questionnaire was used to examine the attitudes of 112 young people from Croatia about acquired hearing loss. According to the initial assumption of the research, mostly negative or insufficiently differentiated attitudes about acquired hearing loss were observed, suggesting the need for a more systematic education of adolescents and young adults about hearing loss, in order to ensure the efficient support for the prevention of noise induced hearing loss later in life.
Ključne riječi
young people; hearing loss; noise; attitudes; prevention
Hrčak ID:
192546
URI
Datum izdavanja:
28.12.2017.
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