The Effect of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Community-Living Older Adults
The Effect of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Community-Living Older Adults
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DOI：
10.3138/cja.27.2.145
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Pichora-Fuller, Margaret Kathleen
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作者：
Gonsalves, Chris;Pichora-Fuller, Margaret Kathleen
信息和通信技术的创新正在改变社会，但在千年之交，每15名加拿大老年人中只有1人使用计算机（加拿大统计局，2000年）。此外，大约五分之一的加拿大老年人有听力，视力或沟通困难。这项研究的主要目的是调查老年人听力障碍与使用信息和通信技术之间的关系。对135名老年人进行了关于技术使用的问卷调查，并使用测听法测量了听力。听力与通信技术的使用程度有关，特别是更新和更专业的技术。那些没有使用助听器的听力损失患者没有像听力良好或助听器使用者那样使用其他技术。总的来说，研究样本使用信息和通信技术的程度和能力高于以前对国家样本的调查结果;然而，两个样本使用各种技术的模式和影响使用的因素相似。建议为未来的研究，健康教育计划和通用设计。
Innovations in information and communication technologies are changing society, but only I in 15 Canadian seniors used a computer at the turn of the millennium (Statistics Canada, 2000). Furthermore, about 1 in 5 Canadian seniors has difficulty hearing, seeing, or communicating. The primary goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between hearing impairment and the use of information and communication technologies by older adults. A questionnaire about use of technologies was administered to 135 older adults and hearing was measured using audiometry. Hearing was found to be related to the extent of use of communication technologies, especially newer and more specialized technologies. Those with hearing loss who did not use a hearing aid did not use other technologies as much as peers with good hearing or hearing-aid users. Overall, the extent of and ability to use information and communication technologies was greater for the study sample than in previous findings for a national sample; however, the patterns of usage of various technologies and the factors influencing use were similar in the two samples. Recommendations are made for future research, health education programs, and universal design.