Lubinski, R., Steger Moscato, B., & Willer, B.S. (1997). Prevalence
of speaking and hearing disabilities among adults with traumatic brain
injury from a national household survey. Brain Injury, 11(2), 103-114.
Type
of
Study |
Survey |
| Subjects |
454
people with TBI |
| Diagnoses |
TBI |
Speech
Condition |
Range
of speech and hearing disabilities |
| Purpose |
To
determine the prevalence of speech and hearing disabilities
in people with TBI |
| Methods |
Statistics
Canada conducted the Health and Activity Limitation Survey
which was a national household survey of self-reported
disabilities in Canada. |
| Results |
75%
reported difficulty being understood by people outside
their immediate families
75% had difficulty hearing if there was 1 communication
partner
96% had difficulty hearing if there were 3 communication
partners
More than 80% of adults with TBI who have communicative
difficulties have co-occurring mobility and agility problems |
Treatment
Implications |
Assessment
should include communicative contexts outside the clinical
setting with different communication partners.
Long term evaluations are important to assess changing
needs. |
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