The Effects of Genetic Hearing Impairment in the Family (eBook)

Prof Dafydd Stephens (Ed) Welsh Hearing Insitute, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales Dr Lesley Jones (Ed) Hull-York Medical School, University of York

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

PART I: RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES.

1. The impact of having a family history of hearing loss inelderly people (Dafydd Stephens, Peter Lewis and Adrian Davis).

2. The impact of a family history of hearing loss in the BlueMountain Study (Doungkamol Sindhusake, Dafydd Stephens, PhillipNewall and Paul Mitchel).l

3. The impact for children of having a family history of hearingimpairment in a UK-wide population study (Heather Fortnum, GarryBarton, Dafydd Stephens, Paula Stacey, A. Quentin Summerfield).

4. Early childhood hearing impairment and family history - along-term perspective (Per-Inge Carlsson and Berth Danermark).

5. Effects of a history of hearing problems in the family oforigin on the working life (Lotta Coniavitis Gellerstedt and BerthDanermark.) Prospective studies - late onset hearingimpairment.

PART II: PROSPECTIVE STUDIES-LATE ONSET HEARING IMPAIRMENT.

6. Effects of a family history on late onset hearing impairment:results of an open-ended questionnaire (Sophia E. Kramer, AdrianaA. Zekveld and Dafydd Stephens).

7. Effects of a family history on late onset hearing impairment:results of an open-ended questionnaire (Sophia E. Kramer, AdrianaA. Zekveld and Dafydd Stephens).

8. The impact that a family history of hearing impairment has onthose with the condition themselves (Sarah Coulson).

9. Influence of a family history of hearing impairment onparticipation restriction, activity limitation, anxiety anddepression (Angeles Espeso and Dafydd Stephens).

10. Does a family history of hearing impairment effect helpseeking behaviour and attitudes to rehabilitation (Claire Wilsonand Dafydd Stephens).

11. The impact of a Family History of Hearing Impairment onrehabilitative intervention: A one-year follow-up (Christophesaglier, Fernando Perez-Diaz, Lionel Collet and RolandJouvent).

PART III: CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIAL HEARINGIMPAIRMENT.

12. The influence of a family history of hearing loss and/or oftinnitus on tinnitus annoyance and distress (SylvianeChéry-Croze and Hung Thai-Van).

13. Tinnitus -The Impact of Family History (VeronicaKennedy and Dafydd Stephens).

14. Psychosocial aspects of Neurofibromatosis type 2 reported byaffected individuals (Wanda Neary, Dafydd Stephens, RichardRamsden, and Gareth Evans).

15. Psychosocial aspects of Neurofibromatosis type 2 reported byrelatives/ significant others (Wanda Neary, Dafydd Stephens,Richard Ramsden, and Gareth Evans).

16. Attitudes of Adults with Otosclerosis Towards IssuesSurrounding Genetics and the Impact of Hearing Loss (AnnaMiddleton, Ioannis Moumoulidis, Graeme Crossland, Mallappa Raghu,Pranay Kumar Singh, Evan Reid, Patrick Axon).

17. Peoples reaction to having a family history of Otosclerosis(Dafydd Stephens and Nele Lemkens).

PART IV: GENETIC COUNSELLING AND FAMILY REACTIONS.

18. Genetic Counselling and the d/Deaf Community (AnnaMiddleton).

19. Seeing Chromosomes: improving access to culturally-sensitivegenetic counselling through the provision of genetic information inBritish Sign Language (Rachel Belk).

20. Ethnicity, spirituality and genetics services (Lesley Jones,Ghazalla Mir and Rohanna Khan(.

21. Living with NF2 (Peter Crawshaw and Cynthia Crawshaw(.

22. The meaning of hearing loss in the same family over nearly200 years (Anna-Carin Rehnman).

PART V: RESEARCH NEEDS.

23. Family History of Hearing Impairment and its psychologicaland social consequences - what next (Berth Danermark, withcontributions from Per-Inge Carlsson, Lesley Jones and DafyddStephens).

Index.