Identification of Participation-Related Activities to Be Used As Part of the Development of a Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Adolescents with Hearing Loss

Investigating self-efficacy beliefs among adolescents with hearing loss is imperative as these perceptions affect a broad range of age-related functioning. Validated self-efficacy questionnaires for use with persons with hearing loss are currently limited to four adult measures. Development of an adolescent-relevant questionnaire aims to quantify self-efficacy for participation in daily activities and to individualize treatment interventions for adolescents with hearing loss. Developing the self-efficacy questionnaire was based on a scoping literature review to develop a list of activities performed by typically developing adolescents. The questionnaire was piloted on a sample of youth with hearing loss. The Adolescent Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Hearing Loss (ASEQ-HL) is a 37-item questionnaire based on the inventory of youth-related activities. The activities were linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - Child and Youth (ICF-CY) framework. The questionnaire was structured according to self-efficacy questionnaire development guidelines proposed by Bandura (2006b)

Protocol for the Provision of Amplification v 2023.01

This Protocol addresses the provision of amplification (hereafter: \u27Amplification\u27) to infants and children who are receiving services from the Ontario Infant Hearing Program (IHP). For the purposes of this protocol, providing amplification includes the processes of prescribing a hearing aid (air or bone conduction) and/or other hearing assistance technologies based on appropriate assessment information, verification that the specified acoustical performance targets have been achieved, fitting the device on the child, and ongoing evaluation of device effectiveness in daily life. Amplification within the IHP does not include the provision of cochlear implants