Psychometric properties of the Inventory of Life Quality in children and adolescents in Norwegian Sign Language.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have assessed the Quality of Life (QoL) in Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children and adolescents. The findings from these studies, however, vary from DHH children reporting lower QoL than their typically hearing (TH) peers to similar QoL and even higher QoL. These differences have been attributed to contextual and individual factors such as degree of access to communication, the participants' age as well as measurement error. Using written instead of sign language measures has been shown to underestimate mental health symptoms in DHH children and adolescents. It is expected that translating generic QoL measures into sign language will help gain more accurate reports from DHH children and adolescents, thus eliminating one of the sources for the observed

SUBMITTER: Aanondsen CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8161577 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature