Publications by authors named "Katharina Schossleitner"
Article Synopsis
- The AChild study investigates children under 6 years old with hearing loss in Austria, focusing on their varied characteristics and outcomes.
- Despite advances in the field, developmental outcomes for these children remain below average and studies often exclude those with additional disabilities or non-majority languages.
- AChild aims to identify early predictors of development and family outcomes through a participatory approach that incorporates parent involvement and adheres to established measurement standards for international comparison.
Is it feasible to assess self-reported quality of life in individuals who are deaf and have intellectual disabilities?
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
October 2021
Purpose: There is consensus that Quality of Life (QOL) should be obtained through self-reports from people with intellectual Disability (ID). Thus far, there have been no attempts to collect self-reported QOL from people who are deaf and have ID.
Methods: Based on an established short measure for QOL (EUROHIS-QOL), an adapted easy-to-understand sign language interview was developed and applied in a population (n = 61) with severe-to-profound hearing loss and mild-to-profound ID.