G. Andersson et al., BEHAVIORAL-COUNSELING FOR SUBJECTS WITH ACQUIRED HEARING-LOSS - A NEWAPPROACH TO HEARING TACTICS, Scandinavian audiology, 23(4), 1994, pp. 249-256
Effects of behavioural counselling of subjects with an acquired hearin
g loss were evaluated in an experimental design. The study included a
group of 20 hearing-impaired subjects who were assessed and randomly a
llocated to a treatment or control group. Behavioural counselling, ind
ividualized according to the results of functional analysis, was then
given to 10 subjects and included the teaching of 'hearing tactics'. T
he groups were measured three times, pre-counselling and post-counsell
ing and at a 15-month follow-up, after which treatment results were an
alysed. Significant (time x treatment) interactions were followed by p
ost-hoc testing revealing that the treated group had improved in sever
al areas of functioning while controls had not. These results were in
agreement with interview data. The findings indicate that a behavioura
l counselling approach to hearing tactics is beneficial in the underst
anding and rehabilitation of hearing loss, especially over time.