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What are the Characteristics of a Hearing-Impaired Child🦻🏻 Hearing plays an important role in student development and daily performance.  Hearing impairment occurs when there's a problem with or damage to one or more parts of the hearing mechanism.  It is identified as one of the ten most prevalent causes of disability in the United States.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1991) reported that five percent of children 18 years and under have hearing loss.  A student with a hearing impairment is part of a heterogeneous group whose one common characteristic is some degree of hearing loss.  To effectively teach students with hearing impairment, teachers need to become familiar with hearing-related concepts.  The purpose of this chapter is to briefly outline the nature of hearing impairment and provide you with useful current definitions.  The chapter will provide you with information on how we hear, how hearing is assessed, ways of iden...

Impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in Older Adults Objective: The main objective of this study was to explore the impact of hearing impairment on psychological distress and subjective well-being in older adults with hearing impairment. Methods: The study with cross-sectional research design was conducted in three public sector hospitals of Lahore, from February 2017 to June 2017. Participants of the study were adults aged 50-90 years and with hearing impairment, selected through a non-probability sampling technique. Demographic Information sheet, Kessler psychological distress scale by Kessler, and Mroczek. in 1992, and the Satisfaction with Life scale by Diener, Emmons, Larsen, and Griffin in 1985 were used for data collection. SPSS 21 was used to analyze the data. Results: There were 200 participants with ages ranging from 53 to 89 years (M= 65.92, SD= 9.70). Of the total, 100 (50%) subjects were men and 100 (50%) were women. Significant ...