청각장애노인의 생활실태와 사회복지서비스 욕구에 관한 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to offer the necessary basic data for the support of social welfare services and the preparation of policies for the hearing impaired elderly by researching the overall current livelihood and the desire for social welfare services of the hearing impaired elderly. As regards data collection, the study utilized and re-analyzed “The investigative report of the current conditions and desire for welfare of the deaf and the speech disordered elderly in Daegu” conducted in 2006 by the Daegu Rehabilitation Center for the Deaf and the Speech Disordered. As a result it is shown that the hearing impaired elderly had a higher desire for free medical service, physical therapy, free medical checkup, the repair and support of assistive devices, consultations on health, presentations about health, and a home nursing support service. Meanwhile, their desire for Chinese character/Japanese/Chinese classes, Korean language education, culture lectures, computer class, and community lecture services was relatively low. To put it another way, their desire for medical services was high, whereas their desire for education and leisure support services was low. In taking a look at their desire for social welfare services according to their gender, age, disability level, and the period of hearing loss, the results include the following: According to gender, there were significant differences in the senior s gathering, Korean language education, and Chinese character/Japanese/Chinese classes. According to age, there were significant
differences in book borrowing, hello calls, birthday parties, picnics, sports days, and job brokerage services. According to disability level, there were significant differences in free shavings and haircut, free meals, consultations on health, free medical checkup, and Korean language education service. According to the period of hearing loss, there were significant differences in the Parents Day event, free medical service, aid (forming sponsorship) support, the supply of goods to low income families, Korean language education, and the service of a class for hobbies. Therefore, in establishing effective prevention and intervention strategies for the hearing impaired elderly, it is necessary to take into consideration their gender, age, disability level, and the period of hearing loss.