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Quality of life, ef...
Quality of life, effort and disturbance perceived in noise: A comparison between employees with aided hearing impairment and normal hearing
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- Hua, Hakan (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Handikappvetenskap,Filosofiska fakulteten,Swedish Institute Disabil Research, Sweden
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- Karlsson, Jan (författare)
- Region Örebro län,Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
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- Widén, Stephen (författare)
- Swedish Institute Disabil Research, Sweden,Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin
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- Möller, Claes (författare)
- Region Örebro län,Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin,Swedish Institute Disabil Research, Sweden
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- Lyxell, Bjorn (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Handikappvetenskap,Filosofiska fakulteten,Institutet för handikappvetenskap (IHV),Öron- näsa- och halskliniken US,Swedish Institute Disabil Research, Sweden
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- 2013-06-28
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: International Journal of Audiology. - : Informa Healthcare. - 1499-2027 .- 1708-8186. ; 52:9, s. 642-649
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Abstract
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- Objectives: The aims were to compare health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and hearing handicap between two groups of employees with normal hearing and aided hearing impairment (HI). HRQOL was also compared to a normative population. The second aim was to compare perceived effort (PE) and disturbance after completing a task in office noise between the two study groups. Design: A Swedish version of the short form-36 (SF-36) and the hearing handicap inventory for adults (HHIA) was used to determine HRQOL and hearing handicap. The Borg-CR 10 scale was used to measure PE and disturbance. Study sample: Hearing impaired (n = 20) and normally hearing (n = 20) participants. The normative sample comprised of 597 matched respondents. Results: Hearing-impaired employees report relatively good HRQOL in relation to the normative population, but significantly lower physical functioning and higher PE than their normally-hearing peers in noise. Results from the HHIA showed mild self-perceived hearing handicap. Conclusions: The current results demonstrate that physical health status can be negatively affected even at a mild-moderate severity of HI, and that a higher PE is reported from this group when performing a task in noise, despite the regular use of hearing aids.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Oto-rhino-laryngologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Otorhinolaryngology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Health-related quality of life
- labour market
- mild-moderate hearing impairment
- noise
- perceived effort
- self-perceived hearing handicap
- work
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
- Handikappvetenskap
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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