听力障碍的主观评价和客观评价之间的差异的种族差异
Charity T Lewis1,2, Yuri Jang3,4, Joanne Elayoubi1
1School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
The Gerontologist
|January 29, 2025
概括
助听器使用的种族差异可能源于黑人老年人具有更高的错误正听觉认知率. 自我评分和测试听力能力之间的这些差异是超出成本的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 在助听器使用方面,种族和民族差异仍然存在.
- 了解这些差异的根本原因对于有效的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查自我报告的听力能力与客观听力测试结果之间的差异的种族差异.
- 探索这种差异是否有助于助听器使用的差异.
主要方法:
- 从健康和退休研究 (HRS) 中对2568名50岁以上的参与者进行横截面分析.
- 与客观听力测试结果 (正常/听力损失) 进行自我评价听力 (阳性/阴性) 的比较.
- 分析的重点是非西班牙裔白人和非西班牙裔黑人参与者.
主要成果:
- 73%的客观测量听力损失的人报告了积极的听力.
- 与白人老年人 (70%) 相比,黑人老年人 (80%) 的虚假阳性听觉感知率更高.
- 黑人老年人,男性,受教育程度较低的人,更多的健康状况,抑郁症状和吸烟者都有更高的虚假阳性听力评级的几率.
结论:
- 感知和实际听力能力之间的差异,特别是错误的积极感知,可能会显著导致黑人美国人使用助听器减少,以及成本障碍.
- 需要对这些差异背后的心理社会机制进行进一步的研究,以开发对文化敏感的教育干预措施.
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