The hearing aid effect in African American and Caucasian males as perceived by female judges of the same race

Author(s): Jackson, R., Smith, T., Cooper, W.

Journal/Book: Lang Speech Hearing Serv Sch. 1999; 30: 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-3279, USA. Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc. 165-172.

Abstract: Prior studies have proven the existence of the ''hearing aid effect'' when photographs of Caucasian males and females wearing a body aid, a post-auricular aid (behind-the-ear), or no hearing aid were judged by lay persons acid professionals. This study was performed to determine ii African American and Caucasian males, judged by female members of their own race, were likely to be judged in a similar manner on the basis of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. Sixty female undergraduate education majors (30 African American; 30 Caucasian) used a semantic differential scale to rate slides of preteen African American and Caucasian males, with and without hearing aids. The results of this study showed that female African American and Caucasian judges rated males of their respective races differently. The hearing aid effect was predominant among the Caucasian judges across the dimensions of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. In contrast, the African American judges only exhibited a hearing aid effect on the appearance dimension.

Note: Article Smith T, Univ S Carolina, Dept Speech Language Pathol & Audiol, Williams & Brice Sch Nursing Bldg, Columbia,SC 29208 USA

Keyword(s): hearing aid effect; perceptions; cultural differences

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