Philip Jen

Prof. Philip Jen

Division of Biological Sciences and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri, USA

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Academic Career Length

28Years (1999-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 March 2001 in Journal of Comparative Physiology A
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XZXiaoming Zhou
Xiaoming Zhou
Philip JenPhilip Jen
Philip Jen

1 October 2003 in Hearing Research
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Philip JenPhilip Jen
Philip Jen
XZXiaoming Zhou
Xiaoming Zhou

15 November 1999 in Journal of Comparative Physiology A
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XZX. M. Zhou
X. M. Zhou


Ying YangYing Yang
Ying Yang
YXYanan Xiao
Yanan Xiao
YLYulu Liu
Yulu Liu
Qiong LiQiong Li
Qiong Li
Changshuo ShanChangshuo Shan
Changshuo Shan
Philip JenPhilip Jen
Philip Jen
Background: This study compares the mental health and psychological response of students with or without hearing loss during the recurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing, the capital of China. It explores the relevant factors affecting mental health and provides evidence-driven strategies to reduce adverse psychological impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: We used the Chinese version of depression, anxiety, and stress scale 21 (DASS-21) to assess the mental health and the impact of events scale—revised (IES-R) to assess the COVID-19 psychological impact. Results: The students with hearing loss are frustrated with their disability and particularly vulnerable to stress symptoms, but they are highly endurable in mitigating this negative impact on coping with their well-being and responsibilities. They are also more resilient psychologically but less resistant mentally to the pandemic impacts than the students with normal hearing. Their mental and psychological response to the pandemic is associated with more related factors and variables than that of the students with normal hearing is. Conclusions: To safeguard the welfare of society, timely information on the pandemic, essential services for communication disorders, additional assistance and support in mental counseling should be provided to the vulnerable persons with hearing loss that are more susceptible to a public health emergency.