Evaluating the Hearing-Related Quality of Life in People With Intellectual Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with intellectual disabilities are more likely to have hearing loss than the general population, but in most cases, it remains unrecognised and unmanaged. The aims of this study were to determine whether the hearing status of people with intellectual disabilities can be correctly evaluated by themselves and/or their caregivers, and whether hearing loss compromises the hearing-related quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities.

Method

In the prospective cohort study, HörGeist, 1053 individuals with intellectual disabilities received hearing screening and, where necessary, diagnostic assessment and intervention within their living environment. A self-developed multipart questionnaire, including items regarding hearing-related quality of life, wa

SUBMITTER: Zielonkowski S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12580484 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature