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Hearing impairment and its projection into the concept of Quality of Life

Publication at Faculty of Education |
2018

Abstract

This article focuses on the impact of hearing impairment in the context of Quality of Life in the adult population in the Czech Republic. This is a part of the research project called Quality of Life of people with hearing impairment.

The research was implementing by a combination of a quantitative (80 respondents) and a qualitative form (12 participants). A quantitative part of the research was conducted primarily through of the author's questionnaires and WHOQOL-BREF & Disabilities Module (WHOQOL-DIS) from the World Health Organization.

The qualitative survey was conducted in the form of an open written statement by the participants. General, the research findings did not indicate a reduced assessment of the perception of the Quality of life, which is a positive finding.