Results of the study of medical and social consequences of hearing impairment in children with disabilities from the position of the international classification of functioning

Background. Hearing impairment in children has not only medical, but also social significance, since it significantly affects the communication processes and the development of the child’s speech and can lead to social maladjustment to one degree or another. Aim: to study the functions and life of disabled children with hearing impairment from the perspective of the International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health (ICF). Rehabilitation expert diagnostics and questioning of 181 children were carried out according to a specially developed methodology taking into account ICF domains and the WHO DASH questionnaire of the World Health Organization. As a result of the study, impairments of various functions of varying severity were revealed in children with disabilities, which determines the characteristics of medical and social rehabilitation of this category of patients. Conclusion. A detailed description of the factors affecting the disability of children with hearing impairments makes it possible to develop algorithms for rehabilitation and expert diagnostics and targeted medical and social rehabilitation for the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation system in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as standard rehabilitation programs in institutions that are direct executors of individual rehabilitation programs and habilitation of disabled children with hearing impairments.