Psychosocial impacts in adult hearing-impaired and their spouses

• Main Authors: Tengku Zam Zam, Tengku Zulaila Hasma, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat, Rahmat, Sarah, Jusoh, Masnira
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58810/1/58810_Psychosocial%20impacts-%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58810/2/58810_Psychosocial%20impacts-poster.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58810/; http://www.c-linkage.co.jp/apcslh2017/

Background and purpose of study: Spouse is the closest family member to the hearing-impaired patients and past literature has shown that hearing impairment resulted to poor emotional-wellbeing in both parties. Despite the reports on psychosocial effects in both spouse and patients, little attention...