title: [The analysis of correlative factors on mental health of post-linguistic hearing loss adults].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the mental health level of the post-linguistic deafen adult, to analyze factors affecting the mental health level.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-two adult patients with severe to extremely severe post-linguistic hearing loss were randomly selected to participate the study. A self-reporting questionnaire drew up by researchers was used to collect sociological data of the participants. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and personal report of communication apprehension (PRCA-24) were used to measure the mental health degree of 52 post-linguistic hearing loss adults. To analyze related factors affecting the mental health in post-linguistic deafen adult.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) Majority of post-linguistic deafen adult have mental symptoms, including 24 subjects (46.15%) with anxiety feeling, 18 subjects (34.61%) with depression feeling and 45 subjects (86.54%) with communication apprehension. (2) Gander, with/without tinnitus, duration of hearing loss, education background and family support had significant correlation with the mental health level of subjects. Higher incident rate of mental symptoms were found in male (OR = 2.246), with tinnitus (OR = 0.536), short duration (OR = 1.397, 1.530), high education background (OR = 0.323) and poor family support (OR = 1.724).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mental health of the post-linguistic deafen adult was worse than that of the normal people, pathological feature and sociological factors were significantly correlated to the psychological evaluation. It is very important to pay attention on mental health and to give effective counseling of hearing loss people.
authors.forename: Beier
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xiaofang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014012:Tinnitus