title: Effect of hearing AIDS on psychosocial dysfunctioning.
abstract: The perception of communication abilities amongest adolescents with moderate and profound hearing loss was correlated with indices of psychosocial adjustment. This was done to determine whether the use of hearing aids could play a role in presence and improvement of psychosocial functioning among acquired hearing loss persons after the use of hearing aids. Amongest the deaf population, it was found that hearing loss did affect the social, the vocational, the personal and subjective well being, after intervention. The control group did not show any corresponding change except that the state anxiety among this group had increased.
authors.affiliation: Depts of Psychiatry and Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160 012 Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nehra
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Verma
keywords: Adolescents; Hearing aids; Hearing loss; psychological parameters