Internet access and use in adults with hearing loss.
Internet access and use in adults with hearing loss.
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DOI：
10.2196/jmir.2221
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发表时间：
2013-05-09
影响因子：
7.4
通讯作者：
Lunner T
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作者：
Thorén ES;Oberg M;Wänström G;Andersson G;Lunner T
未来听力损失成年人的康复很可能涉及个人在家中使用的在线工具。对于那些没有为听力问题寻求专业帮助的人来说，在线工具也可能很有用。听力障碍是一种随年龄增长而增加的残疾，而年龄的增加仍然与减少使用互联网有关。因此，为了继续研究聋人在线听力康复工具，确定听力损失成年人是否以及在多大程度上使用互联网是很重要的。评估一组听力损失的成年人对互联网和电子邮件的使用情况，并调查他们对互联网和电子邮件的使用是否在不同性别、不同年龄段之间存在差异，以及与瑞典普通人群的情况进行比较。包括互联网接入、电子邮件使用和教育水平在内的多项选择题的调查问卷被邮寄给在助听器诊所登记为患者的听力损失患者。在269名受邀参与者中，有158人回复了完整的问卷，回复率为58.7%。结果显示，60%(94/158)的听力损失参与者使用电脑和互联网。这组参与者的听力损失程度不能解释互联网的使用水平，而年龄、性别和教育程度的因素解释了互联网的使用水平(P<；.001)。使用互联网的男性多于女性(OR 2.54，95%CI 1.32-4.91，P<；.001)。与年龄最大的年龄组(75-96岁)相比，最年轻年龄组(25-岁)的互联网使用率更高(P=.001)。与瑞典普通人群相比，听力损失的参与者，特别是老年人，使用互联网的比例更高(OR 1.74，95%CI 1.23-3.17，P=0.04)。我们的结论是，总体上，听力损失者使用计算机和互联网的水平至少与瑞典普通年龄匹配的人口相同，但在特定年龄段，这一使用甚至更高。这些结果对于开发和评估成人听力损失康复教育在线工具的未来工作具有重要意义。
The future rehabilitation of adults with hearing loss is likely to involve online tools used by individuals at home. Online tools could also be useful for people who are not seeking professional help for their hearing problems. Hearing impairment is a disability that increases with age, and increased age is still associated with reduced use of the Internet. Therefore, to continue the research on online audiological rehabilitative tools for people with hearing loss, it is important to determine if and to what extent adults with hearing loss use the Internet. To evaluate the use of the Internet and email in a group of adults with hearing loss and to investigate if their use of Internet and email differed between genders, among different age groups, and how it compared with the general population in Sweden. Questionnaires containing multiple-choice questions about Internet access, email use, and educational level were mailed to individuals with hearing loss, who were registered as patients at a hearing aid clinic. Out of the 269 invited participants, 158 returned a completed questionnaire, which was a response rate of 58.7%. The results showed that 60% (94/158) of the participants with hearing loss used computers and the Internet. The degree of hearing loss in the group of participants did not explain the level of Internet usage, while factors of age, gender, and education did (P<.001). More men than women used the Internet (OR 2.54, 95% CI 1.32-4.91, P<.001). Use of the Internet was higher in the youngest age group (25-64 years) compared to the oldest age group (75-96 years, P=.001). A higher usage of the Internet was observed in the participants with hearing loss, especially the elderly, when compared with the general population of Sweden (OR 1.74, 95% CI 1.23-3.17, P=.04). We conclude that the use of computers and the Internet overall is at least at the same level for people with hearing loss as for the general age-matched population in Sweden, but that this use is even higher in specific age groups. These results are important for the future work in developing and evaluating rehabilitative educational online tools for adults with hearing loss.
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