Quality of life people with hearing impairments

The thesis concerns with the quality of life of the individuals with hearing impairment. The thesis is divided into four major parts consisting of subchapters. First major part focuses on general description of the sense of hearing, auditory analyser and difference between these two terms as well as on the classification of the individual auditory impairment types. The next part provides general description of life quality according to various criteria. The last theoretic part focuses on everyday life of aurally impaired individuals. This chapter specifically refers to education and employment of individuals with hearing impairment. A chapter relating to social environment and leisure time is also included. Theoretic part of my thesis is followed by the results of my survey. Two different questionnaires were used aiming at two different groups of survey respondents. Partial conclusions were drawn from each questionnaire survey. The questionnaires mentioned were elaborated in accordance with interdisciplinary division of life quality as well as with subjective perception of quality of life. Key Words: Quality of life Hearing impairment Subjective perception of one's life quality. Employment and education Social environmen