主要口语的关联与个人对听力相关残疾的感知
Rebecca K Bell1, Lauren K Dillard2, Theodore R McRackan2
1Department of Otolaryngology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Ear and hearing
|September 13, 2024
概括
主要讲西班牙语的人报告听力障碍比讲英语的人少,不论种族. 这一发现突出了语言的重要性.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
背景情况:
- 西班牙裔/拉丁裔成年人获得的听力治疗比非西班牙裔白人成年人少.
- 社会经济因素可能起作用,但语言差异 (西班牙语与英语) 也可能影响听力障碍的感知.
- 调查主要语言对听力障碍感知的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查主要语言口语和自我报告的听力障碍之间的关联.
- 了解语言是否影响个人如何感知和报告听力障碍.
主要方法:
- 使用国家健康和营养检查调查 (NHANES) 数据 (2015-2020) 进行的横截面研究.
- 多变量逻辑回归分析了面试语言 (英语/西班牙语) 与听力障碍感知之间的联系.
- 根据年龄,性别,教育,纯色平均值和一般健康状况进行调整.
主要成果:
- 西班牙语说话者报告在噪音中听力困难的几率明显较低 (OR:0.58).
- 讲西班牙语的人报告说,由于听力,他们在社交互动中感到不那么丧 (OR:0.72).
- 讲西班牙语的人不太可能将他们的听力描述为"有点难以听聋" (OR:0.69).
结论:
- 与英语发言人相比,主要讲西班牙语的人可能会低于报告听力障碍.
- 这种感知差异似乎独立于种族,年龄,性别,教育或一般健康状况.
- 患者的感知对于评估听力损失和指导治疗决策至关重要.
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