title: Patients' task-orientation and perceived benefit of amplification in hearing-impaired elderly persons.
abstract: This study investigated the reported handicap of 50 elderly hearing-impaired patients who were classified as high or low in task-orientation. Measures of perceived handicap were taken when subjects were fitted with hearing aids and three months later. Analysis indicated that subjects classified as both high and low on task-orientation reported significant increases in their hearing impairment at 3 mo., but subjects classified as high on task-orientation reported significantly less handicap than subjects classified as low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Special Education/Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska at Kearney 68849, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Jurma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation