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This study determined if a case history, Client Oriented Scale of Improvement (COSI), and Hearing Handicap Inventory (HHIA) assessed qualitative disabilities of hearing loss. The Wilson Learning Social Styles Inventory (WLSSI), a basic personality inventory, was used as an indication of differences expected. Ten subjects meeting inclusion criteria, were given four questionnaires (1) case history, (2) COSI, (3) HHIA and (4) WLSSI. Results indicated the COSI and HHIA gave the same information of the patient’s self-perception of disability caused by hearing loss. The results also showed more agreement between the COSI and WLSSI than between the HHIA and WLSSI. In addition, a determination could not be made based on personality of which self-assessment inventory was favorable. The WLSSI was given to the subjects as a self-assessment inventory of individualistic personality traits. For some subjects involved in this study a biased self-perception existed therefore, inhibiting the hypothesized benefit of the WLSSI. |
