Demographic Characteristics and Rates of Progress of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment

A LACK OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION and data related to the achievement of short-term goals during substance abuse treatment among persons who are deaf or hard of hearing dictated the need for the study. New York State maintains a database on all individuals who participate in treatment. Within this d...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 2007, Vol.151 (5), p.508-512
Main Authors: Moore, Dennis, McAweeney, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Achievement Gains
Adult
Alcoholic beverages
American Sign Language
Data collection
Deafness
Deafness - epidemiology
Deafness - ethnology
Demographics
Demography
Disabilities
Drinking
Drug dependence
Drug Use
Educational Objectives
FEATURE ARTICLES
Female
Hard of Hearing
Hearing disorders
Hearing loss
Heroin
Humans
Individual Characteristics
Male
Mental Health Services - supply & distribution
New York
Partial Hearing
Persons With Hearing Impairments - psychology
Persons With Hearing Impairments - statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Ratings & rankings
Rehabilitation
Sign language
Studies
Substance Abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:A LACK OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION and data related to the achievement of short-term goals during substance abuse treatment among persons who are deaf or hard of hearing dictated the need for the study. New York State maintains a database on all individuals who participate in treatment. Within this database, 1.8% of persons in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) were also deaf or hard of hearing. As hypothesized, members of the deaf and hard of hearing sample were older, likelier to be white, and likelier to be female, relative to the SUD-only group. For both groups, alcohol, heroin, and cocaine had the highest rates of reported use. Achievement of short-term goals in the areas of alcohol use, drug use, vocational/educational goals, and overall goals indicated no differences between the deaf and hard of hearing group and the SUD-only group. Implications of these findings are discussed.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375
1543-0375
DOI:10.1353/aad.2007.0005