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The experience of pleasure before and after hearing rehabilitation . Hearing loss may lead to major changes in the social and emotional aspects of daily life . This follow-up study investigated the effect of hearing-aid use on emotional experience in adults with hearing impairment . Thirteen individuals with impaired hearing were tested before and after 6 months of hearing-aid use , and were compared with 19 individuals who had worn hearing aids for many years . The participants reported their daily emotional experiences , by completing questionnaires relating to sensory and social pleasure . After 6 months of hearing-aid use , individuals experienced more physical and social pleasure , whereas individuals using hearing aids for long periods of time reported similar levels of pleasure at the beginning and at the end of a 6-month interval . The participants also performed a visual task , in which they rated the intensity of pleasure they experienced in response to emotionally positive and neutral pictures differing in luminance contrast . In this task , pleasure typically decreases with decreasing contrast of the positive images displayed . Once they had been fitted with hearing aids , the participants reported lower levels of pleasure , especially at low contrast . These findings highlight that the anhedonia scales provide a measure sensitive to emotional improvements that accompany the partial restoration of hearing function , although these scales were not specifically designed for hearing-impaired populations . In contrast , the surprising decrease in pleasure ratings for pictures after the introduction of hearing-aid use may be because of the compensation of hearing loss by changes in visual attention functions .
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Intervention_Physical
hearing rehabilitation
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Intervention_Physical
hearing-aid
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Intervention_Physical
hearing-aid use
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Outcome_Mental
daily emotional experiences
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Outcome_Mental
questionnaires relating to sensory and social pleasure
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Outcome_Mental
physical and social pleasure
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Outcome_Mental
intensity of pleasure they experienced in response to emotionally positive and neutral pictures differing in luminance contrast
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Outcome_Mental
levels of pleasure
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Outcome_Physical
anhedonia scales
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Participant_Condition
hearing rehabilitation
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Participant_Condition
Hearing loss
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Participant_Age
adults
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Participant_Condition
hearing impairment .
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Participant_Sample-size
Thirteen
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Participant_Condition
impaired hearing
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Participant_Condition
6 months of hearing-aid use
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Participant_Sample-size
19
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Participant_Condition
worn hearing aids