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undergraduate thesis: Quality of life of Hong Kong children with hearing loss
| Title | Quality of life of Hong Kong children with hearing loss |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2014 |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Citation | Ng, L. [吳朗伊]. (2014). Quality of life of Hong Kong children with hearing loss. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
| Abstract | The study investigated the effects of hearing loss on the children’s health-related quality of life in Hong Kong. Twenty-five hearing-impaired (HI) mainstream schools’ students, aged from 7 to 12 years old, and their caregivers as well as 40 normal hearing peers participated in the study. Participating students and caregivers were instructed to complete questionnaires of a generic quality of life measuring tool, the Chinese Kid version of KINDL^R. Results showed that the overall health-related quality of life ratings of HI children were not significantly different from those of their normal hearing peers. However, HI children had a significantly lower mean score in emotional well-being than their normal hearing peers. Besides the self-reported ratings were similar to the proxy ratings provided by caregivers. The findings contradicted with the hypothesis that HI children should have poorer quality of life than their normal hearing peers. Findings also suggested that caregivers had good understanding of their HI children’s quality of life. Management in improving the HI children’s emotional wellbeing in Hong Kong is suggested. |
| Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| Subject | Hong Kong - Quality of life - China China - Hearing impaired children - Hong Kong |
| Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238937 |
| HKU Library Item ID | b5806530 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Ng, Long-yee | - |
| dc.contributor.author | 吳朗伊 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-23T23:30:43Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-23T23:30:43Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ng, L. [吳朗伊]. (2014). Quality of life of Hong Kong children with hearing loss. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238937 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the effects of hearing loss on the children’s health-related quality of life in Hong Kong. Twenty-five hearing-impaired (HI) mainstream schools’ students, aged from 7 to 12 years old, and their caregivers as well as 40 normal hearing peers participated in the study. Participating students and caregivers were instructed to complete questionnaires of a generic quality of life measuring tool, the Chinese Kid version of KINDL^R. Results showed that the overall health-related quality of life ratings of HI children were not significantly different from those of their normal hearing peers. However, HI children had a significantly lower mean score in emotional well-being than their normal hearing peers. Besides the self-reported ratings were similar to the proxy ratings provided by caregivers. The findings contradicted with the hypothesis that HI children should have poorer quality of life than their normal hearing peers. Findings also suggested that caregivers had good understanding of their HI children’s quality of life. Management in improving the HI children’s emotional wellbeing in Hong Kong is suggested. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
| dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Hong Kong - Quality of life - China | - |
| dc.subject.lcsh | China - Hearing impaired children - Hong Kong | - |
| dc.title | Quality of life of Hong Kong children with hearing loss | - |
| dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
| dc.identifier.hkul | b5806530 | - |
| dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
| dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
| dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020912789703414 | - |