@conference{seybold2018a,
 author = {Seybold, S. and Koppelin, F.},
 title = {Communication Strategy Use and Acceptance of Hearing Loss of older Adults within the Preliminary German Version of the Active Communication Education Program},
 abstract = {Communication Strategy Use of older Adults with Hearing Loss within the Preliminary German Version of the Active Communication Education Program Sybille Seybold Frauke Koppelin Institute of Hearing Technology and Audiology, Jade University of Applied Sciences, Oldenburg, Germany Hearing Loss has a various impact on everyday life communication of Persons with Hearing Loss (PHL) and their Significant Others (SO). The success of everyday life communication can crucially be influenced by the communication strategy use. The study objective was to investigate if the use of communication strategies can be improved by attending the preliminary German Version of the Active Communication Education (ACE) Program (Hickson et al., 2015). In order to develop a Final German Version of the ACE Program an Intervention study was conducted (pre-post-design). The study participants (N = 49, SO = 19, PHL = 30) were aged from 59 to 79 (PHL) and from 54 to 78 (SO). PTA - 4 for the better ear of the PHL was M = 45.75 (SD = 19.25, R = 26.25-120.00). The subscales verbal, nonverbal and maladaptive communication strategies of the German Communication Profile for the Hearing Impaired (Wisotzki & Mühlich, 1992) were used to assess the degree of self-reported strategy use pre- and postprogram (2 weeks and 6 months after the last session). Results of descriptive statistics showed increased verbal and nonverbal communication strategy use at different measure times and simultaneously a reduced use of maladaptive strategies. Further statistical analysis follows.},
 keywords = {communication strategies, acceptance, hearing loss, communication training},
 tags = {HALLO, PH},
 booktitle = {CPLOL 2018: 10th European Congress of Speech and Language Therapy), Cascais, Portugal},
 year = {2018},
}