Copyright is owned by the Author of the thesis. Permission is given for a copy to be downloaded by an individual for the purpose of research and private study only. The thesis may not be reproduced elsewhere without the permission of the Author. Adjsutmehnotp,ae n dh earlionsgs TheR oleo fH ope InA djustmentto AcquireHde aring Loss A thespirse senitnefu dl filmeonftt her equiremfeonrtt hsed egreoeft he DoctoorfP hilosoipnhH eya ltShc ience. MasseUyn iversity PalmersNtoornt h AotearoaiNZeewa land BrucKee nt 2005 Adjustmheonptae,n hde arilnogs s Abstract Thisst udiyn vestitghaeet xetse anndt n atuorfet hree latiobnesthwiepe n individaunaddl i sability cha(raagcest,ee xdr,ei gsrtoeifech se arilnogs asg,ea to nset ofh earilnogs tsi,m sei ncoen set of lhoesausrs,ieo n fgt ecohlnogayn,du seo f servsi,)ca enda djustmteoan ctq uirheeda rilnogs asn,d t her olheo peha si nt hat relationAs shaimpp.lo ef1 14a dulwtist hhe arilnogsw sh oh ada ccessed hearing therapy spearrvitciecsii pnat theesd t udIyt.w ash ypothestihsahetod p weo uld interactt hweii ntdhi viadnudad li sabiclhiatrya cterainsdtt hiecrse ffuonrcet iaosna moderating vTahreis aebcloenh.dyp othewsaisst hahto pmea yb er elatteod indiviadnudad li sabiclhiatrya cteraisws etlialcs as d justmbeuntat c tually ptrhoev ides onlsyi gnificant ptaota hdwjauys tmmeonrte; simhpolpyme,a yb ea m ediatoofr adjustment. Ther esuilntdsi ctahtaett h dee greoef l oswsa st heo nlsyt atistsiicganlilfiyc ant indiviadnudad li sability chraerlaacttteoead rd ijsutsitcm Tehnett .r aoifht o ped idn ot produacnei nteracetfifoeoncfs t t atisstiigcnailfi ciannt cheme o deratmioodne l. Howevetrh,se t uddyo epsr ovisduep pofrottr h eh ypothetshiatsth etr aoifht o pe serviessa m echanibsymw hicthh ed egreoef losasf feacdtjsu stmHeenatr.i lnogs s affehcotps weh icihnturn affeacdtjsu stmIenno tt.h ewro rdhs,o pwea sf ountdoa ct asa mediatvianrgi abTlheee. x teonftt himse diatrionlgwe a ss ubstanatshi oaplew as fountdoa ccoufnot4r 5 %o ft here latiobnesthwiepte hned egreoef l osasn d adjustmAedndti.t iontahleslt yu,df yo untdh aste lf-efficaancdpy e rsomneaal ning may influheonpcaeen dd espadiirm ensiiondn isf ferweanytsT .h ep erceptoifo n ones'a biltioti yn fluenecvee nitssa m ajocro ntribtuoht oopre fulnwehsisl teh e construcotfmi eoann ianpg peatrobs e r elatteold o welre veolfsd espair. Currernets eairnct hh ae reoaf p ositpisvcyeh oloignyd icattheaistn dividual Adjumsetnhto,p aen hde arilnogs s 11 traiatrsme o difiabalnedt herefhoorpeef indihnogp,be o ndinhgo,p ee nhancement, andh opree mindcianngi nstainldi ncrehaospee T.h ei mplicaotfit ohne sfei ndiinsg s thahte arirnegh abiliptraotgiroanm mneese tdo c onsitdheerro loefh opei n intervesnttriaotne gies. Thes tudsyu ggepsotsss ibifloifurtt iuersre e seairncchl uding the investigation ofm orec omplemxe diaticohnaailnr se,f iniinndgi viadnudad li sabivlairtiya balneds , assesstihneeg f feocfht o pe-fosceudis n tervesnttriaotne gies. Adujstmteh,no paen hde arilnogs s III Acknowledgements ProfesSs.olLr.a G rowp rovidsetdi mulartiignogr,o aunsdv, a lued supervision throughtohuedt e velopmoeftn hti sst udTyh.e r esultlaenarnitng e xpeirenceex tended fabre yontdh per oductoifao t nh esis. Thipsr ojehcatsb eewno vetnh rouygeha rosfa l ifseh arbeydm yw ifeH.e r participiantt hiepo rno ceosfcs o nstructthiipnsig e coefw orki si mmeasuraMbyl e. childhraevnpe a tienstulryv ivreeds tricitmipoonssbe ydt hed iscipolfis nteu dy. DrA .H ogapnr ovidsetdi mualtut sh ien itiaotfti horene seaarncdhD rR . Pernicceo ntribiuntteedl loibgseenarttv iotnhsr outghhew ork. A numbeorffr iendfse,l lsotwu deanntdsc olleaghuaevcseo ntribiunt ed numerous wpaayrst,i cuDlraK ralrye Mnc BrdieB,r iaMno retolne,s siLcias saman, ChrsitiCnaer ra,n dD rE ricHai ll. Ind ifferweanytas n da td iffetrienmtea sn umbeorfo rganisahtaivoen s suppormtye adc tiviitnicelsu dtihnNega :t ionFaolu ndatfiootrnh Dee afL;I FET rust; theL ottery GCroamnmtiss sitohneO; t icFoonu ndattihoMeni ;n istorfEy d ucation (SpecEidaulc ati;ot nh)Nea tionAauld iology Centre. Thipsr ojehcatsb eerne viewaendda pprovbeydt hHeu manE thics CommittMeaes,s eUyn iversHiutmya nE thicCso mmittPeNe P,r oto0co1l/ 2I9tw. a s alseon dorsbeytd h Nea tionFaolu ndatfiootrnh eD ea(fN FD()s eAep pend1i)x . Ethicacoln sideraotfti hoeNn esw Z ealaPnsdy hcologiScoacli eCtoyd eo fE thics (198w6er)oe b served. Fora ltlh aeb ovseu ppotroct o mplettheir se seaIra cmhg rateful. Adjustmehnotp,ea ndh earilnogs s IV Tabloef C ontents page Abstract i ............. .............................................................. ................ Acknowledgements .iii ...................................... .................................. Tabloef C ontents iv ................................. ........................................... Lisotf T ables viii ....... ...................................... .................................... Lisotf F igures .ix ................................................................................ Abbreviations x ................................................................................... Glossaoryf T erms xii ................ ....................... ................................... Tabloef C ontents 1.I ntroduction 1 ............................................................................... 2.A cquireHde arinLgo ssA: BecominIgs sue 9 ........................... 2.1I.n troduction 9 ................................................................................ 2.2T.h eC hallenogfeB ecoming 13 ..................................................... ... 2.3R.i skosf B ecoming 16 ..................................................................... 2.4U.n desiraBbelceo ming 19 .................................................................. 25..C onclusion 27 .............................................................................. 3.A djustmenAtc:c eptabBleei ng 29 ................ .............................. 3.1I.n troduction 29 .......................................................................... 3.2D.e finiAndgj ustment 30 ................................................................. 3.3S.t udieisnA djusmtent 41 ............................................................... 3.4M.e asuremeonftA djustme.n t. 57 ....................................................... 3.5D.i sability, IndCihvairdaucatle riasntdiA cdsj ustment.. 64 ..................... 36..C onclusion 68 .................................. ............................................ Adjutsmenhto,pa en hde arilnogs s v 4.H ope:P otentTioaB le . .. .72 ....................... ... .......................... 4.1 . . . . . 72 ............................ ........... ... ............................... Introduction 4.2. . . 73 ............................................................................ DefiHnoipneg 4.3. . . 82 ............................. ............ ......... StudaineCdso nteoxfHt osp e 4.4. . . 87 ................................................... .......... MeasureomfHe onpte 4.5. .. . . .. 91 .................. . ............ . ............................. Hopaen Add justment 4.6. .. . 95 .................. .. .......................................................... Conclusion 5.M oderatiaonnd M ediati.o.n. .....................................9..7.. .. ........ 5.1. ... .. . . .97 ...... .. .................. . .................................. ...... .. Introduction 5.2. . . . .98 ................... .......... ......................... ................... .. Moderation 5.3. .............................................................1...0. 0. .............. Mediation 5.4. .....................1..0..2.. . StudIinevso lMvoidnegr aatniMdoe nd iation 5.5. . . . . 106 ............ ........................................................ .... Conclusion 6.M ethodolog.y 108 .. ...................................................................... 6.1. . . . 10 8 ................................................... ... ....................... Introduction 6.1.1A.i m . .. ... . 10 8 ... .................... ................................... .............. 6..12.R eseaQrucehis otns. .. . 109 ... ........ .. ..................................... ... 6..13R. eseaHrycpho th.e.s.e.s... .....................................1..1..4. ....... 6.2. . 115 ........................... .................................................. Procedures 6..21S.a mpSleel ieoc.nt. ...........................1..1..5.. ......................... 6.2.E2t. hiIcsaslu es 116 ................................................................. 6.2.P3a.r tinct.is.p .a...................................................1..1...7.. ....... 6.2.T4h.e Q usetionnaire .. . 117 .......................... . .............................. 6.3. 119 .................................................................................. Analysis Adjustmehnotp,ea ndh earinlgo ss Vl 7.R esults .122 .............................................................................. .. 71..I nitAinaall yses 122 ........................................................................ 7.1.I1n.d ividaunadlD isabilCihtayr acteristics . .. 122 .............. .......... .... 7.1.A2d.j ustment 124 ..................................................................... 7.1.S3t.e pwiRseeg ressAinoanl ysteosP rediAcdtj ustment 128 .............. 7.1.H4o.p e . 131 .......................................................... .................. 7.2M.o deratiaonnd M ediatiAonna lyses 135 ........................................... 7.2.H1o.p ea sa Moderator 136 ....................................................... 7.2.H2o.p ea sa Mediator 139 .......................................................... 8.D iscussion . 144 ............................................. .............................. 81..L imitations . . . . 153 ....................................... ........ ............. ........ ...... 8.2S.u ggestiofnosrF uturRee search 155 ............................................. 8.3C.o nclusi.on . . 158 . ............. ........................................................... 9.R efeernces . . 160 .............................. .............................. .............. 10.A ppendices . 182 ................. ....................................................... 1D .1 .A ppendi1x EthiAcpsp roavnaNdlF D Endorsement . 182 .............................................. .... 10.A2p.p endi2x ApparcohteoAs d just.m ent . . ..185 ......................................................................... ... 10.3A.pp endi3x QuestniaoiIrnnoefr mat..i.o.n. .........................................1...8 .9. ................. 10.4A.pp endi4x HerainTgh epriasItnsofr'm at..i.o..n.. .........................................1.9.5. .......... 10.5A.pp endi5x CilenDta ta 199 ....................................................................................... 10.6A.pp endi6x NottinAgdhjaums tSmcean(ltNe A S...). .......................2.0.3. ........................ �A�djustme�nt,�h opea ndh e�a�rinlgo ss ------ ------ vu -- -- ---- -- -------- ------ ------------ 10.7Ap.p endi7x HOPESSc ale 210 ................................................................................... Ad�jsutm�e�nhto,pe a ndh e�a�rinlgo ss ---- -- viii -- -- ------ ------------------------ ------ ---- Lisotf T ables Tabl1e Particiipnadnitvsai'nd ddui asla bcihlairtayc teristics 122 ..................................... Tabl2e NASn ormasns da mpdlaet a 125 .................................................................. Tabl3e PearPsroond -uMcotmnetc orrteiloaanmso nign divaindddui asla bainladid tjyu stment varbilaes 126 ......................................................................................... Tabl4e Stepsweri egresosfiio nnd ivaindddui asla bvialriitatybop l reesda idcjtu esnttm.12 9 .... Tabl5e PearsPorno d-uMcotemnct orrteiloamanosn gN ASs usbc alaensdd egreoef l oss varlieasb 130 ........................................................................................ Tabl6e HOPEnSo rmasns da mpdlae.t. .a... ....................................................... 131 Tabl7e PearPsroond Muocmtn-etC orrteilobanest weGePnHa nNdA Ss usbcales 132 ............ Tabl8e PearsPorno ducmte-nMtco orrteilonabse tweNeAnS ,G PH andH OPES subscales 133 ....................................................................................... Tabl9e PearsPorno dMuocmtn-etC orrteilobanest weNeAnS a ndd imensoifoH nOsP SE susbc ales 134 ..................................................................................... . Tabl1e0 Summasrtya tiosfltoishcsos,p a en add justsmceonrte s l35 ................................. Tabl1e1 Corrteilobanest weleonsh so,pa en,ad jd ustment. l36 ...................................... . Tabl1e2 Tesotfm oderaDteigornoe:fle o shso,pa en add just.m.e nt l37 ............................. Tabl1e3 Tesotfq uadrmaodteirca tDieogrneo:ef l oshso,ps ec oraenadsd just.m enlt38 ......... Tabl1e4 Tesotfm edaitiDoengr:e oefl oshso,pa en add justment l39 ...............................
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