Jie Zhou, Ji Qi, Xuefeng Shi
The Innovation of Entrepreneurship Education for Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance From the Perspective of Entrepreneurial Psychology
Frontiers in psychology
pandemic public health measures masks social distancing present unique challenges people hardofhearing study sought understand adolescents varying levels hearing loss would describe experiences communicating classroom environment pandemic associated public health measures qualitative study utilizing oneonone semistructured interviews conducted july 2021 april 2022 interviews transcribed analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis conceptualize main themes data adolescents ages 1217 attended school person covid19 pandemic either normal hearing bilateral cochlear implants boneanchored hearing aids unilateral moderate severe 4070 db conductive hearing loss secondary mastoidectomy interviewed participants recruited bc childrens hospital otolaryngology clinic via convenience sample fourteen adolescents interviewed median age 15 9 hearing loss 5 normal hearing pandemic associated challenges masks muffling speech protocol fatigue missing prepandemic life present hearing loss normal hearing groups classroom communication adolescents hearing loss disproportionately affected pandemic measures leading challenges making friends feeling behind peers learning listening fatigue resilience noted among adolescents hearing loss ability adapt pandemic measures changing classroom dynamics adolescents unilateral hearing loss pandemic provided improved listening environment via reduction background noise preexisting classroom communication challenges adolescents hearing loss amplified pandemic public health measures shared part normal hearing findings used inform classroom design optimize learning environment deaf hard hearing students